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.
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Gill's Exposition
And when he defied Israel,.... The armies of Israel, as Goliath had done some years ago, Sa1 17:10,
Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him; this brother of David is called Shammah,…
Adam Clarke
On every hand six fingers - This is not a solitary instance: Tavernier informs us that the eldest son of the emperor of Java, who reigned in 1648, had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each…
We have here the story of some conflicts with the Philistines, which happened, as it should seem, in the latter end of David's reign. Though he had so subdued them that they could not bring any great…
Cambridge Bible
six fingers … six toes Pliny mentions such a peculiarity (Hist. Nat.11:43), and it is not unknown in modern times.