2 Samuel 21:20
18 Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
19 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed 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,
21 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
22 So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
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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 there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
- WEB
- There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant.
- ASV
- And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
- DARBY
- And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.
- BLB
- And there was war again at Gath, where there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands [were] six, and the toes of his feet six—twenty-four in number. And also he was born from Rapha.
- ÅB
- Så kom det igjen til strid ved Gat. Der var en høyvoksen mann som hadde seks fingrer på hver hånd og seks tær på hver fot - i alt fireogtyve fingrer og tær; han var og en etterkommer av Rafa.
- OTB
- Det var igjen krig ved Gat, og det var en mann av stor vekst, som hadde seks fingre på hver hånd og seks tær på hver fot, tjuefire i antall; og han var også en etterkommer av kjempene.
- B1930
- Så kom det atter til strid ved Gat. Der var en høivoksen mann som hadde seks fingrer på hver hånd og seks tær på hver fot - i alt fireogtyve fingrer og tær; han var og en efterkommer av Rafa.
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Original text and word study
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2 Samuel 21:18
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:16
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
Read in context1 Chronicles 20:6
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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