2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21:12-22

12And DavidH1732 went and tookH3947 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and the bonesH6106 of JonathanH3083 his sonH1121 from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolenH1589 them from the street of Beth-shanH1052, whereH834 the PhilistinesH6430 had hangedH8518 them, in the dayH3117 that the PhilistinesH6430 slew SaulH7586 in GilboaH1533; 13and he broughtH5927 up from thence the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and the bonesH6106 of JonathanH3083 his sonH1121: and they gatheredH622 the bonesH6106 of them that were hanged. 14And they buriedH6912 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and JonathanH3083 his sonH1121 in the country of BenjaminH1144 in Zela, in the sepulchre of KishH7027 his fatherH1: and they performed all that the kingH4428 commandedH6680. And after that GodH430 was entreatedH6279 for the landH776.

15And the PhilistinesH6430 had warH4421 againH5750 with IsraelH3478; and DavidH1732 wentH3381 downH3381, and his servantsH5650 with him, and foughtH3898 against the PhilistinesH6430. And DavidH1732 waxed faint; 16and Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weightH4948 of whose spear was threeH7969 hundredH3967 shekels of brass in weightH4948, he being girdedH2296 with a newH2319 sword, thought to have slain DavidH1732. 17But AbishaiH52 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 succored him, and smote the PhilistineH6430, and killed him. ThenH227 the menH376 of DavidH1732 sware unto him, sayingH559, Thou shalt goH3318 no more out with us to battleH4421, that thou quenchH3518 not the lampH5216 of IsraelH3478.

18And it came to pass after this, that there wasH1961 againH5750 warH4421 with the PhilistinesH6430 at GobH1359: thenH227 SibbecaiH5444 the HushathiteH2843 slew Saph, who wasH1961 of the sons of the giant. 19And there wasH1961 againH5750 warH4421 with the PhilistinesH6430 at GobH1359; and ElhananH445 the sonH1121 of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew GoliathH1555 the GittiteH1663, the staff of whose spearH2595 wasH1961 like a weaver’sH707 beamH4500. 20And there wasH1961 againH5750 warH4421 at GathH1661, where wasH1961 a manH376 of great stature, that had on every handH3027 sixH8337 fingersH676, and on every footH7272 sixH8337 toes, fourH702 and twentyH6242 in numberH4557; and he alsoH1571 wasH1961 bornH3205 to the giant. 21And when he defied IsraelH3478, JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 of ShimeiH8096, David’s brotherH251, slew him. 22These fourH702 were bornH3205 to the giant in GathH1661; and they fellH5307 by the handH3027 of DavidH1732, and by the handH3027 of his servantsH5650.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain