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1 Chronicles 20:6
And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records a military engagement at Gath immediately following Elhanan’s victory and preceding Jonathan’s combat, situating the account within a continuous campaign against Philistine forces.
The words — מִדָּה (midah) denotes physical stature, while אֶצְבֹּתָיו (etzbotav) refers specifically to the digits on the giant’s hands and feet.
The thread — This account parallels 2 Samuel 21:20, which documents the same Gathite giant and his twenty-four digits in the Samuel tradition.
Why it lands — The text catalogues a specific physical threat and genealogical claim to Rapha, requiring the reader to track the continuity of Philistine conflicts across Samuel and Chronicles without embellishment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 21:20 And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,