1 Chronicles 20:6

1 Chronicles 20:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.

Context of 1 Chronicles 20:6

4Some time after that, the Israelites fought a battle against the Philistines at Gezer. In that battle, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Sippai. Sippai was a descendant of Rapha. So Israel won against the Philistines. 5In another battle against the Philistines, Jair's son Elhanan killed Lahmi. Lahmi was the brother of Goliath who came from Gath. He had a spear that was very thick and heavy, like a big tree. There was another battle at Gath. Another descendant of Rapha fought against the Israelites there. He was a very large man. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 7He shouted to insult the Israelite soldiers. So Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea, killed him. 8Those Philistines were descendants of Rapha and they lived in Gath. David and his soldiers killed all of them.

1 Chronicles 20:6 word by word

וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י׀ אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And yet again there was warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• at Gathגַּתgath · GathH1661
• where was a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• statureמִדָּהmiddâh · `great stature`H4060
• whose fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• and twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• and he also was the sonיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• of the giantרָפָהrâphâ' râphâh · RaphaH7497

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 20:6

• 2 Samuel 21:20There was another battle at Gath. Another descendant of Rapha fought against the Israelites there. He was a very large man. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 20:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Fingers and toes were four and twenty - See the note on 2 Samuel 21:20.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8This section tells about David's wars and military successes, showing him as a great warrior in Israel's history. It focuses on the public and political sides of David's enemies, with little about their private lives. There are three main parts that match accounts in Samuel: Battles during the kingdom's expansion (1 Chronicles 18:1–17; see 2 Samuel 8:1–16) The battle against the Ammonites (1 Chronicles 19:1–20:3; see 2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:30–31) The…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 20:6

• David
• Gath
• Goliath
• Rapha
• Toe

In the dictionaries

• Gath
• Gath, Gittite
• Giants
• Rapha
• Samuel, Books of
• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Genealogy
• Heredity
• Port; Porter

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 20

• 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