Battles against the Philistines

(2 Samuel 21:15–22)

Some time later war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,[fn] a descendant of the Rephaim,[fn] and the Philistines were subdued.

5 

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother[fn] of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

6 

And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of [great] stature with six fingers on each hand and six [toes on each foot]— twenty-four in all He too was descended from Rapha, 7 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

8 

So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants. 21