2 Samuel 21:18 meaning and explanation

Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

2 Samuel 21:18, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse belongs to a closing section of 2 Samuel that lists David's battles with the Philistines and the deeds of his fighting men. The narrator reports a battle at Gob, a place not otherwise identified, where Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, counted among the descendants of Rapha, a name tied to a line of unusually large Philistine warriors.

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