Wars with the Philistines^(A)

¹⁵ Again there was war between the Philistines and Israel. David and his ·men [servants] went out to fight the Philistines, ·but [and] David ·became tired [grew weary/exhausted]. ¹⁶ Ishbi-Benob, one of the ·sons of Rapha [or descendants of the giants], had a bronze ·spearhead [spear] weighing ·about seven and one-half pounds [^Lthree hundred shekels] and [^Lwas armed with] a new sword. He ·planned [was about] to kill David, ¹⁷ but Abishai son of Zeruiah ·killed the Philistine and saved David’s life [^Lcame to help him and struck down the Philistine].

Then David’s men ·made a promise [swore; vowed] to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle. ·If you were killed, Israel would lose its greatest leader [^L…so that you do not extinguish the lamp/light of Israel].”

¹⁸ Later, at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, another ·one of the sons of Rapha [or descendant of the giants].

¹⁹ Later, there was another battle at Gob with the Philistines. Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath [^Csee 1 Chr. 20:5 where he is called Lahmi, the brother of Goliath]. His spear was as large as a weaver’s ·rod [beam].

²⁰ At Gath another battle took place. A huge man was there; he had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four fingers and toes in all. This man also was ·one of the sons of Rapha [or descended from the giants]. ²¹ When he ·challenged [defied; taunted] Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him.

²² These four ·sons of Rapha [or descendants of giants] from Gath were killed by David and his ·men [^Lservants].