1 Chronicles 20:8
New International Version
These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

New Living Translation
These Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.

English Standard Version
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Berean Standard Bible
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

King James Bible
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

New King James Version
These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

New American Standard Bible
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

NASB 1995
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

NASB 1977
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Legacy Standard Bible
These were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Amplified Bible
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Christian Standard Bible
These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.

American Standard Version
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
These four were born to reproach in Gath, and were destroyed by the hand of David and by the hand of his Servants.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Contemporary English Version
David and his soldiers killed these three men from Gath who were descendants of the Rephaim.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These were the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the hand of David and his servants.

English Revised Version
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These [men] were the descendants of Haraphah from Gath, and David and his men killed them.

Good News Translation
These three, who were killed by David and his men, were descendants of the giants at Gath.

International Standard Version
These descendants from the giants in Gath died at the hands of David and his servants.

JPS Tanakh 1917
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Literal Standard Version
These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Majority Standard Bible
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

New American Bible
These were the descendants of the Rephaim of Gath who died at the hands of David and his servants.

NET Bible
These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by the hand of David and his soldiers.

New Revised Standard Version
These were descended from the giants in Gath; they fell by the hand of David and his servants.

New Heart English Bible
These were the descendants of the Raphah in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Webster's Bible Translation
These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

World English Bible
These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Young's Literal Translation
These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Battles Against the Philistines
7and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him. 8So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

Cross References
2 Samuel 21:16
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.

2 Samuel 21:22
So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

1 Chronicles 20:7
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.

1 Chronicles 21:1
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

the fell

Joshua 14:12
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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1 Chronicles 20
1. Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured
4. Three giants are slain in overthrows of the Philistines.














(8) These ('?l), a rare word, found eight times in the Pentateuch with the article, here only without; perhaps an error of transcription. Samuel, "these four." The chronicler has omitted one giant. (See 1Chronicles 20:4.)

The giant.--The Rephaite: that is, the clan or tribe of Rephaim. They need not have been brothers.

Verse 8. - These were born unto the giant in Gath. The parallel place reads, "These four,,' etc. The first of the four in view there is not mentioned here. The account is given in 2 Samuel 21:15-17. And as it was in that encounter that David himself played the chief part (though, apparently, it was Abishai who dealt Ishbi-benob the fatal blow in "succouring" David), the notice of it would have seemed necessary to complete fully the sense of the following clauses, "They fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants." Still this, it may justly be argued, may have been the very reason of the form of expression here chosen, coupling David's work and that of his servants. This brief summary in the last verse of this chapter, as also in the last verse of the corresponding chapter, just serves to reveal to us the nexus that bound together the three or four exploits for narration. It consisted in the common descent of the four giant victims.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So these
אֵ֛ל (’êl)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 411: These, those

descendants
נוּלְּד֥וּ (nūl·lə·ḏū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

of Rapha
לְהָרָפָ֖א (lə·hā·rā·p̄ā)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7497: Rephaim -- inhabitants of an area East of the Jordan

in Gath
בְּגַ֑ת (bə·ḡaṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1661: Gath -- 'wine press', a Philistine city

fell
וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (way·yip·pə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

at the hands
בְיַד־ (ḇə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of David
דָּוִ֖יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his servants.
עֲבָדָֽיו׃ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant


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