1 Chronicles 20:6
4 Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
5 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
And there was still another 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,
7 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
8 So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And there was still another 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,
- KJV
- And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
- WEB
- There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
- ASV
- And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto the giant.
- DARBY
- And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, whose fingers [and toes] were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to Rapha.
- BLB
- And there was again war in Gath, where there was a man of stature with digits six and six—twenty-four. And he was born also of Rapha.
- ÅB
- Enda en gang kom det til strid ved Gat. Der var en høyvoksen mann, som hadde seks fingrer på hver hånd og seks tær på hver fot - i alt fire og tyve fingrer og tær; han var og en etterkommer av Rafa.
- OTB
- Igjen var det krig ved Gat,
hvor det var en mann av stor vekst som hadde tjuefire fingre og tær,
seks på hver hånd og seks på hver fot;
og han var også en etterkommer av kjempene. - B1930
- Ennu en gang kom det til strid ved Gat. Der var en høivoksen mann, som hadde seks fingrer på hver hånd og seks tær på hver fot - i alt fire og tyve fingrer og tær; han var og en efterkommer av Rafa.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 21:20
And there was still another 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,
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