📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 20:8
What does 1 Chronicles 20:8 mean?
"These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants."
— 1 Chronicles 20:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother killed him.
These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Explanation
First Chronicles 20:8 serves as the closing summary of a chapter that recounts three separate skirmishes between Israel and the Philistines, particularly a clan of giant warriors connected to Gath, the same city that produced Goliath. In the verses just before this one, we read of Sippai, Lahmi (described as Goliath's brother), and an unnamed giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Each of these fearsome fighters was killed—not personally by David alone, but through the combined efforts of David and the mighty men who served under him. The ver
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