Giants in the Bible
Four giant descendants slain
Late in King David's reign, there was a series of wars between the Philistines and Israel in which David and his servants fell four descended from the giants in Gath.
In the first, Ishbi-benob thought to kill David when he grew weary, but Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed the Philistine. That was the last time David's men allowed him to go out with them to battle, lest he quench the lamp of Israel.
The second was at Gob, where Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, one of the descendants of the giants.
The third was also at Gob, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
The fourth was at Gath, where a man descended from the giants, who was of great stature and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, taunted Israel. Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.
List
- A man of great stature - had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; descended from the giants (2 Samuel 21:20-21)
- Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17) - Six cubits and a span tall with a helmet of bronze, a coat of mail that weighs five thousand shekels of bronze, bronze leg armor, and a bronze javelin with a shaft like a weaver's beam and a spearhead weighing six hundred shekels of iron.
- Goliath the Gittite - the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam (2 Samuel 21:19)
- Ishbi-benob - one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze (2 Samuel 21:16-17)
- Saph - one of the descendants of the giants (2 Samuel 21:18)