KJV King James Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
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2 Samuel 21:21
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
WEB World English Bible
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
ASV American Standard Version
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, slew him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 21
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.
20 And 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.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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1 Samuel 17:25-26And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.1 Samuel 17:36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.1 Samuel 17:10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.1 Samuel 16:9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.2 Kings 19:13Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?1 Samuel 17:3And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them.1 Chronicles 2:13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,1 Chronicles 27:32Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king’s sons:
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