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2 Samuel 21:16

Ishbi-benob - A corrupt reading. The whole passage should perhaps run thus: "And David waxed faint. So they halted in Gob (as in II Samuel 21:18-19). And there was a man (in Gob) which was of the sons of the giant, etc."

Sons of the giant - The "giant" here II Samuel 21:18, II Samuel 21:20, II Samuel 21:22 is "ha-Raphah," whence, the "Rephaim" Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:11. The sons of Ha-raphah, or Rephaim, are different from the "Nephilim," or Giants Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:33. The sons of Anak were not strictly Rephaim, but Nephilim.

Three hundred shekels of brass - About eight pounds. Goliath' s spear' s head weighed "six hundred shekels of iron."

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 21:16:

Genesis 14:1-24
1 Samuel 17:4
2 Samuel 21:15
2 Samuel 23:13
Isaiah 14:9
Isaiah 14:9
Isaiah 14:9

 

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