2 Samuel 21:22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

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

New American Standard Bible
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These four were descended from the giant in Gath and were killed by David and his soldiers.

International Standard Version
These four giants, who had been fathered by a giant in Gath, were killed at the hands of David and his servants.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.

Darby Bible Translation
These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Young's Literal Translation
these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

21:15-22 These events seem to have taken place towards the end of David's reign. David fainted, but he did not flee, and God sent help in the time of need. In spiritual conflicts, even strong saints sometimes wax faint; then Satan attacks them furiously; but those who stand their ground and resist him, shall be relieved and made more than conquerors. Death is a Christian's last enemy, and a son of Anak; but through Him that triumphed for us, believers shall be more than conquerors at last, even over that enemy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15-22. Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel—Although the Philistines had completely succumbed to the army of David, yet the appearance of any gigantic champions among them revived their courage and stirred them up to renewed inroads on the Hebrew territory. Four successive contests they provoked during the latter period of David's reign, in the first of which the king ran so imminent a risk of his life that he was no longer allowed to encounter the perils of the battlefield.