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2 Samuel 21:22

All four of these men were giants from Gath. They were killed by David and his men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Championship;   David;   Goliath;   Rapha;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Rephaim, or Giants, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anak;   Gath;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Anakim;   Giants;   Philistines;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Anakim;   Gath;   Giants;   Goliath;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Jehonathan;   Rephaim;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Giant;   Haggai;   Israel;   Rephaim;   Samuel, Books of;   Shamgar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Giant;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Giants;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Goli'ath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gath;   Giants;   Heredity;   Ishbi-Benob;   Rapha;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Giants;   Orpah;   Shamgar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These four were descended from the giant in Gath and were killed by David and his soldiers.
Hebrew Names Version
These four were born to the Rafa in Gat; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
King James Version
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Lexham English Bible
These four were born for the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
English Standard Version
These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
New Century Version
These four sons of Rapha from Gath were killed by David and his men.
New English Translation
These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by David and his soldiers.
Amplified Bible
These four [warriors] were descended from the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants.
New American Standard Bible
These four were born to the giant at Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These foure were borne to Haraphah in Gath, and died by the hande of Dauid and by the hands of his seruants.
Legacy Standard Bible
These four were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Contemporary English Version
David and his soldiers killed these four men who were descendants of the Rephaim from Gath.
Complete Jewish Bible
These four were sons of the giant in Gat; they fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Darby Translation
These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
George Lamsa Translation
These four were born to the giants in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Good News Translation
These four were descendants of the giants of Gath, and they were killed by David and his men.
Literal Translation
These four here born to Rapha the giant in Gath. And they fell by the hand of David, by the hand of his servants.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These foure were borne vnto Rapha at Gath, and fell thorow the hande of Dauid and of his seruauntes.
American Standard Version
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Bible in Basic English
These four were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; and they came to their end by the hands of David and his servants.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These foure were borne to the giaunt in Geth, and dyed by the hand of Dauid, & by the handes of his seruauntes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
King James Version (1611)
These foure were borne to the Gyant in Gath, and fell by the hand of Dauid, and by the hand of his seruants.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
English Revised Version
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Berean Standard Bible
So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These foure weren borun of Arapha in Geth, and thei felden doun in the hond of Dauid, and of hise seruauntis.
Young's Literal Translation
these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Update Bible Version
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his slaves.
Webster's Bible Translation
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
World English Bible
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
New King James Version
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
New Living Translation
These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.
New Life Bible
These four were sons of the very tall and strong people in Gath. They were killed by David and his servants.
New Revised Standard
These four were descended from the giants in Gath; they fell by the hands of David and his servants.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These four, had been born to the giant in Gath, - but they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.
Revised Standard Version
These four were descended from the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
THE MESSAGE
These four were descended from Rapha in Gath. And they all were killed by David and his soldiers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Contextual Overview

15 The Philistines started another war with Israel. David and his men went out to fight the Philistines, but David became very tired and weak. 16 Ishbi-Benob was one of the giants. His spear weighed over 7 pounds. He put on new armor and thought he would be able to kill David. 17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah killed this giant Philistine and saved David's life. Then David's men made him promise that he would not go out to battle anymore. They said, "If you do, Israel might lose its brightest leader." 18 Later, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, another one of the giants. 19 Later, there was another battle at Gob against the Philistines. Elhanan the son of Jaare Oregim from Bethlehem killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath from Gath. His spear was as big as a post. 20 There was another battle at Gath. There was a very large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He had 24 fingers and toes in all. This man was also one of the giants. 21 This man challenged Israel and made fun of them, but Jonathan killed this man. (This was Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimei.) 22 All four of these men were giants from Gath. They were killed by David and his men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

four: 1 Chronicles 20:8

fell by: Joshua 14:12, Psalms 60:12, Psalms 108:13, Psalms 118:15, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Jeremiah 9:23, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:37

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gath

Cross-References

Genesis 20:2
Abraham told people that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech of Gerar heard this. Abimelech wanted Sarah, so he sent some servants to take her.
Genesis 20:17
The Lord made all the women in Abimelech's family not able to have children. God did this because Abimelech had taken Sarah, Abraham's wife. But Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls.
Genesis 21:2
At exactly the time God said it would happen, Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac.
Genesis 26:26
Abimelech came from Gerar to see Isaac. He brought with him Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
Genesis 26:28
They answered, "Now we know that the Lord is with you. We think that we should make an agreement. We want you to make a promise to us.
Genesis 28:15
"I am with you, and I will protect you everywhere you go. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised."
Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, "Please, let me say something. I know that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Joshua 3:7
Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to make you a great man for all the Israelites to see. Then the people will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
2 Chronicles 1:1
Solomon, the son of David, became a very strong king, because the Lord his God was with him and made him very great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These four were born to the giant in Gath,.... Not to Goliath, for one of them was his brother, but to some giant or another of that place, for which it was famous; they were all of them of the race of the giants; and so the Septuagint version, they were

"the offspring of the giants in Gath, whose family was Repha;''

and this Repha, or Arepha, as the Vulgate Latin version, according to Abarbinel, was a woman of the daughters of the giants; the Talmudists e make her to be the same with Orpah, Ruth 1:4. These giants, it is highly probable, were the descendants of the Anakim which remained in Gath after they were cut off by Joshua in other places, Joshua 11:22;

and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants; the first, Ishbibenob, fell by the hand of David assisted by Abishai, and the other three by the persons mentioned.

e T. Bab. Sotah. fol. 42. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Four - Not necessarily meaning that they were brothers, but that they were all of the race of the Giant, all Rephaim. The word “four” is omitted in the parallel passage, only the three last being mentioned in that chapter.


 
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