1 Chronicles 11:23
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And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
In other translations
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
Hebrew words
וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931הִכָּהhikahhe struck downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376הַמִּצְרִיhamitzri<the> EgyptianH4713אִישׁ'isha man ofH376מִדָּה׀midahstatureH4060חָמֵשׁchameshfiveH2568בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520וּבְיַדuveyadand [was] in [the] hand ofH3027הַמִּצְרִיhamitzrithe EgyptianH4713חֲנִיתchanita spearH2595כִּמְנוֹרkimnorlike a beam ofH4500אֹרְגִים'oregimweaversH707וַיֵּרֶדvaiyeredand he went downH3381אֵלָיו'elavto himH413בַּשָּׁבֶטbashavetwith the clubH7626וַיִּגְזֹלvaiyigzoland he tore awayH1497אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַחֲנִיתhachanitthe spearH2595מִיַּדmiyadfrom [the] hand ofH3027הַמִּצְרִיhamitzrithe EgyptianH4713וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּvaiyahargehuand he killed himH2026בַּחֲנִיתוֹ׃bachanitowith own spear hisH2595
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 17:7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- 1 Samuel 17:51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him; and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
- Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- 1 Chronicles 20:5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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