Study it in the app“And it happened after this that war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai, of the descendants of the Rephaim; and they were subdued.”
And it happenedוַיְהִיafterאַחֲרֵיthisכֵןthat warוַ מִלְחָמָהaroseתַּעֲמֹדat Gezerבְּגֶזֶרwithעִםthe Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּיםThenאָזSibbecaiסִבְּכַיthe HushathiteהַחֻשָׁתִיstruckהִכָּהSippai,סִפַּיof the descendantsמִילִדֵיof the Rephaim;הָרְפָאִיםand they were subdued.וַיִּכָּנֵעוּ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appearsGezer
See it on the mapWhere else “gezer” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsSibbecai
Sibbecai the Hushathite, one of David's mighty men, who struck the giant Saph (2 Samuel 21:18; 1 Chronicles 11:29; 20:4) and was commander of one of the divisions of the army (1 Chronicles 27:11).
Where else “sibchay” appearsHushathite
Hushathite: from Hushah, a place or family of Judah. Sibbecai, one of David's mighty men, is called this.
Where else “chushati” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearsSippai
Sippai: a Philistine of great stature; in 2 Samuel 21:18 he is called Saph.
Where else “sipay” appearsdescendant
Someone who descends from an ancestor, from his stock.
Where else “ylide” appearsRephaim
An ancient people of very tall men.
Where else “refaim” appearssubdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yikaneu” appearsParallel: 2 Samuel 21:18-22, with some different names (“Gob,” “Saph”). The Rephaim were an ancient people of great stature (Deuteronomy 2:11, 20).
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The Philistine giants
1 Chronicles 20:4-8
4And it happened after this that war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai, of the descendants of the Rephaim; and they were subdued. 5There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair struck Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers. 6There was war again at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and his fingers were six and six, twenty-four; and he too had been born to Rapha. 7He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him. 8These were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
15There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought the Philistines; and David grew weary. 16And Ishbi-benob, who was one of the descendants of Rapha —the weight of his spear was three hundred shekels in weight of bronze, and he was girded with a new sword— said that he would strike David. 17But Abishai son of Zeruiah helped him, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us to battle again, so that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.” 18After this there was again war at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha. 19There was again war at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers. 20There was again war at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number; and he too had been born to Rapha. 21He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, struck him. 22These four were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Gezer
Today: Tel Gezer ruins, Israel
A city on the plain, about 19 miles (30 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua defeated its king (Josh 10:33). Pharaoh took it and gave it to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:16-17).
3And the people who were in it he brought out, and he sawed them with the saw and with the picks of iron and with the saws; and so David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 · This verse (above)
5There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair struck Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers.
