KJV King James Version
And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
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2 Samuel 21:16
And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
WEB World English Bible
and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
ASV American Standard Version
and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Ishbi-Benob, who is among the children of the giant—the weight of his spear is three hundred shekels weight of brass, and he is girded with a new one—speaketh of smiting David,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 21
13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver’s beam.
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וְיִשְׁבִּ֨יH3430 · yish.bo b.novIshbi-benobבְּנֹ֜בH3430 · yish.bo b.novIshbi-benobאֲשֶׁ֣ר׀H834 · a.sherwhichבִּילִידֵ֣יH3211 · ya.lidbornהָרָפָ֗הH7497 · ra.pahRaphaוּמִשְׁקַ֤לH4948 · mish.qalweightקֵינוֹ֙H7013 · qa.yinspearשְׁלֹ֤שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeמֵאוֹת֙H3967 · me.ahhundredמִשְׁקַ֣לH4948 · mish.qalweightנְחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוְה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itחָג֣וּרH2296 · cha.garto girdחֲדָשָׁ֑הH2319 · cha.dashNew (Gate)וַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלְהַכּ֥וֹתH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּוִֽד׃H1732 · da.vidDavid
Cross-references
2 Samuel 21:18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant.2 Samuel 21:20And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.Deuteronomy 2:21A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:1 Samuel 17:45-51Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.1 Samuel 17:4-5And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;Deuteronomy 9:2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak!Genesis 6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.2 Samuel 21:22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.Deuteronomy 1:28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,2 Samuel 5:18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.Numbers 13:32-33And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.
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