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16 Ishbi Benob was one of the descendants of Rapha the giant.[a] His bronze spear weighed more than seven pounds,[b] and he was equipped with a new weapon. He said that he was going to kill David.

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:16 Literally the Rapha. Rapha was the ancestor of a group of very tall men who lived among the Philistines. They are called the Rephaim, and the valley where some of these battles were fought was named after them.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:16 Hebrew three hundred shekels