Tall. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, where “giant” is given in the text.
Rapha
A family of giants in Gath is the heart of these verses. Second Samuel 21 and 1 Chronicles 20 each describe men born to the giant, one with a spear whose weight was three hundred shekels of brass, and one with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. All four, it says, fell by the hand of David and his servants. A separate Rapha appears in 1 Chronicles 8:37, a son in a family list. The giants’ accounts are short and plain, and they show David’s household still fighting after he was king. Read 2 Samuel 21:15-22 first.
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2 Samuel
2 Samuel 21:16
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
2 Samuel 21:20
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.
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.
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 8:37
And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
1 Chronicles 20:4
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
1 Chronicles 20:6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
1 Chronicles 20:8
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(tall).
(1.) Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37)
(2.) One of Benjamin’s descendants. (1 Chronicles 8:2)