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II Samuel 21:15-22
Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him;
and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary. Then Ishbi-benob, who was among
the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in
weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah
helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying,
"You shall not go out again with us to battle, that you may not extinguish the lamp of Israel." Now
it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the
Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant. And there was war with
the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare the Bethlehemite killed [the brother of]
Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. And there was war at Gath
again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each
foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant. And when he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down. These four were born to the giant in
Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

I Chronicles 20:4-8
Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the
Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. And there was
war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the
Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. And again there was war at Gath, where
there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and
six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants. And when he taunted Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. These were descended from the giants in
Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

I Chronicles 11:22-23
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the
two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day. And he
killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like
a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's
hand, and killed him with his own spear.

Nowhere else in the Bible do we read of a group of men who had more success in slaying giants than
in the accounts of David and his mighty men. David led by example, being a man of great faith in
Yahweh, and his men were greatly emboldened by David’s victories. Immediately after the account
of the victory of David’s men over the giants in the book of II Samuel, there is recorded a magnificent
psalm of David. In it he rightly ascribes the victory to Yahweh.

II Samuel 22:30-40
For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is
perfect; The word of Yahweh is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. For who is God, except
Yahweh? And who is a rock, except our God? God is my strength and power, and He makes my way
perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands
to make war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have also given me the shield of Your