Verse 16
16. Ishbi-benob The name means, his dwelling on the hill, and was perhaps given him on account of some high citadel or castle which he occupied.
Sons of the giant Or, sons of Raphah. On the ancient giant race, Rephaim, compare Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20; and Deuteronomy 3:11. The word Raphah (or Rapha, as in 1 Chronicles 20:4) seems to have been the proper name of the father of a race of giants that dwelt among the Philistines, but he was doubtless related to the more ancient Rephaim.
Weight of whose spear The reference is doubtless to the metal head of his spear.
Three hundred shekels About nine pounds, half the weight of Goliath’s. See 1 Samuel 17:7.
New sword Better to supply the word armour in place of sword. His entire military garb was new.
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