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## 2 Samuel 21:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/14) And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/15) ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/16) And Ishbi-benob, which *was* of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear *weighed* three hundred *shekels* of brass in weight, he being girded with a new *sword*, thought to have slain David.**
 
 [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/17) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.*
 
 [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/18) And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which *was* of the sons of the giant.**
 
 [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/19) And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew *the brother of* Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear *was* like a weaver’s beam.*
 
 [20 ](/kjv/2-samuel/21/20) And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of *great* stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.*
 
[2 Samuel 20](/kjv/2-samuel/20) [2 Samuel 22](/kjv/2-samuel/22)

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