2 Samuel 21:15–22

The Philistine Giants

¹⁵The Philistines again waged war against Israel. David went down with his soldiers, and they fought the Philistines, but David became exhausted. ¹⁶Then Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giant, ^pwhose bronze spear weighed about eight pounds ^qand who wore new armor, intended 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. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.” ^r

¹⁸After this, ^sthere was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giant. ^t

¹⁹Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed ^uGoliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. ^v

²⁰At Gath there was still another battle. A huge man was there with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—24 in all. He, too, was descended from the giant. ^w21When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

²²These four were descended from the giant ^xin Gath and were killed by David and his soldiers.