2 Samuel 21:22
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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Barnes' Notes
Four - Not necessarily meaning that they were brothers, but that they were all of the race of the Giant, all Rephaim. The word “four” is omitted in the parallel passage, only the three last being…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
were born to the giant Were descendants of Rapha, or, the giant: not necessarily all four sons of one man. See note on 2Sa 21:21.
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