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20 In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man[a] with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants. 21 But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.[b]

22 These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:20 As in parallel text at 1 Chr 20:6; Hebrew reads a Midianite.
  2. 21:21 As in parallel text at 1 Chr 20:7; Hebrew reads Shimei, a variant spelling of Shimea.

20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 21 When he taunted(A) Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,(B) David’s brother, killed him.

22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

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