2 Samuel 21:18

And it came to pass, after this, that there was yet again a battle in Gob, with the Philistines,—then, Sibbekai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

In Context

17but Abishai son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then, sware the men of David unto him, saying—Thou must not go forth any more with us, to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

19And there was yet again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,—when Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim of Bethlehem, smote Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:20And there was yet again a battle in Gath; when there was a man of stature, with six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; he also, having been born to the giant;

1 Chronicles 11:29Sibbecai, the Hushathite, Ilai, the Ahohite;

1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites,—and, in his course, were twenty-four thousand.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:16-22

The Giants Subdued. ( b. c. 1020.) 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto… Read the whole commentary →

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