2 Samuel
2 Samuel 21:15–22
15Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha,c whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekelsd and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. 17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him.
Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
18Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph,e a descendant of Rapha.
19Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jairf the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliathg the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot— twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, 21and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimeih killed him.
22So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Footnotes
- c 21:16 Or the giant; also in verses 18, 20, and 22
- d 21:16 300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms.
- e 21:18 Saph is a variant of Sippai; see 1 Chronicles 20:4|1CH 20:4.
- f 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5|1CH 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-oregim
- g 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5|1CH 20:5; Hebrew does not include the brother of.
- h 21:21 Shimei is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea; see 1 Samuel 16:9|1SA 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 1 Chronicles 2:13.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.