2 Samuel 21:16

And Ishbibenob, 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.

And Ishbibenob {H3430}, which was of the sons {H3211} of the giant {H7497}, the weight {H4948} of whose spear {H7013} weighed three {H7969} hundred {H3967} shekels of brass {H5178} in weight {H4948}, he being girded {H2296} with a new {H2319} sword, thought {H559} to have slain {H5221} David {H1732}.

Yishbi-B'nov, one of the sons of the giant, said that he would kill David; his spear weighed seven pounds, and he was wearing new armor.

Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

and Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 21:18 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 21:20 (4 votes)

    And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

  • 2 Samuel 5:18 (2 votes)

    The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Deuteronomy 2:21 (2 votes)

    A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

  • Deuteronomy 3:11 (2 votes)

    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

  • Genesis 14:5 (2 votes)

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

  • Deuteronomy 2:10 (2 votes)

    The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;