2 Samuel 21:15-22

Contemporary English Version

The Descendants of the Rephaim

(1 Chronicles 20.4-8)

¹⁵ One time David got very tired when he and his soldiers were fighting the Philistines. ¹⁶ One of the Philistine warriors was Ishbibenob, who was a descendant of the Rephaim,^[a] and he tried to kill David. Ishbibenob was armed with a new sword,^[b] and his bronze spearhead^[c] alone weighed about three and a half kilograms. ^17 (A) But Abishai^[d] came to the rescue and killed the Philistine.

David's soldiers told him, “We can't let you risk your life in battle anymore! You give light to our nation, and we want that flame to keep burning.”

¹⁸ There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, where Sibbecai from Hushah killed a descendant of the Rephaim named Saph.

¹⁹ There was still another battle with the Philistines at Gob. A soldier named Elhanan killed Goliath^[e] from Gath, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.^[f] Elhanan's father was Jari^[g] from Bethlehem.

²⁰ There was another war, this time in Gath. One of the enemy soldiers was a descendant of the Rephaim. He was as big as a giant and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. ²¹ But when he made fun of Israel, David's nephew Jonathan killed him. Jonathan was the son of David's brother Shimei.

²² David and his soldiers killed these four men who were descendants of the Rephaim from Gath.