1 Chronicles 20:4-8
Contemporary English Version
The Descendants of the Rephaim
(2 Samuel 21.15-22)
4 Some time later, Israel fought a battle against the Philistines at Gezer. During this battle, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,[a] and the Philistines were defeated.
5 (A) In another battle against the Philistines, Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath from Gath, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.[b]
6 Another one of the Philistine soldiers who was a descendant of the Rephaim was as big as a giant and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. During a battle at Gath, 7 he made fun of Israel, so David's nephew Jonathan[c] killed him.
8 David and his soldiers killed these three men from Gath who were descendants of the Rephaim.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 20.4 Rephaim: This may refer to a group of people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites and who were famous for their large size.
- 20.5 weaver's beam: When a weaver made cloth, one set of threads was tied onto a large wooden rod that was known as a weaver's beam.
- 20.7 David's nephew Jonathan: Hebrew “Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother.”
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