Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 21:16-22
16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha,1 whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels2 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,3 a descendant of Rapha.
19Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair4 the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath5 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 Shimei6 killed him.
22So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 21:16 Or the giant; also in verses 18, 20, and 22 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 21:16 300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms. ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 21:18 Saph is a variant of Sippai; see 1 Chronicles 20:4. ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-oregim ↩
- 5. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5; Hebrew does not include the brother of. ↩
- 6. 2 Samuel 21:21 Shimei is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 1 Chronicles 2:13. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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