Old Testament

1 Chronicles 20:4-8
Wars With the Philistines
4After this, war arose at Gezer[] with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,[] one of the descendants of Rapha the giant,[] and the Philistines were subdued.
5There was another battle with the Philistines. Elhanan, the son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.
6There was another battle, this time at Gath. There was a very tall man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four digits in all. He also was descended from Rapha the giant. 7He taunted Israel, but Jonathan, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him. 8These were descended from Rapha the giant in Gath. They fell by the hand of David and the men who served him.

Footnotes

  • 20:4 In 2 Samuel 21:18 this battle is located at Gob.
  • 20:4 Also called Saph in 2 Samuel 21:18
  • 20:4 Literally the Rephaim. 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.