2 Samuel 23:21

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man ,.... A person of good countenance and shape, very large and tall; in 1 Chronicles 11:28 , he is said to be a man of great stature, and five cubits high, and so wanted a cubit and a span of the height of Goliath, 1 Samuel 17:4 ,

and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand ; as large as Goliath's; for in 1 Chronicles 11:23 , it is said to be like a weaver's beam, as Goliath's was; see Gill on 1 Samuel 17:7 ,

and he went down to him with a staff ; with a walking staff only, having no other weapon:

and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand ; and therefore must be a man very nimble and dexterous, as well as bold and courageous:

and slew him with his own spear ; as David cut off Goliath's head with his own sword. This is supposed F12 Hieron. Trad. Heb. ut supra. (in. 2 Reg. fol. 80. C.) to be Shimei, the son of Gera, 1 Kings 2:46 .