Joshua 11:22
22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, ain Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.1 Samuel 27:4
4And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.2 Samuel 21:16-22
16And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants bof the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David. 17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, d“You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench ethe lamp of Israel.” 18 fAfter this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then gSibbecai hthe Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants iof the giants. 19And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and jElhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, kthe shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ▼
▼Contrast 1 Chronicles 20:5, which may preserve the original reading
20And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended mfrom the giants. 21And when nhe taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down. 22These four were descended ofrom the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
Philistine Giants Killed
4 pAnd after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. 5And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of qJair struck down Lahmi rthe brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 6And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants. 7And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of sShimea, David’s brother, struck him down. 8These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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