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Nova Vulgata

1 Esdræ 11:23

Et ipse percussit virum Aegyptium, cuius statura erat quinque cubitorum, et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium; descendit ergo ad eum cum virga et rapuit hastam, quam tenebat manu, et interfecit eum hasta sua.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Benaiah;   Weaving;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cubit;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Violence;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Loom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ithrite, the;   Spinning and Weaving;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Arms, Armor;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beam;   Weaving;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et ipse percussit virum ægyptium, cujus statura erat quinque cubitorum, et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium : descendit igitur ad eum cum virga, et rapuit hastam, quam tenebat manu, et interfecit eum hasta sua.
Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et ipse percussit virum ægyptium, cujus statura erat quinque cubitorum, et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium: descendit igitur ad eum cum virga, et rapuit hastam quam tenebat manu, et interfecit eum hasta sua.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a man of great stature: Heb. a man of measure

five: Deuteronomy 3:11, 1 Samuel 17:4

a spear: 1 Chronicles 20:5

slew him: 1 Samuel 17:51

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:33 - saw the giants 1 Samuel 17:7 - the staff 2 Samuel 23:21 - a goodly man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Five cubits high - About 7 ft. 6 in. high. The height is not so great as that recorded of other giants.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 11:23. Plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.2 Samuel 23:21.


 
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