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2 Samuel 21:16

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of the sons: Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:32-33; Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 2:10, Deuteronomy 2:21, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 9:2; 1 Samuel 17:4-5

the giant: or, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:18, 2 Samuel 21:20 *marg. 2 Samuel 5:18; Genesis 14:5

whose spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head

thought: 1 Samuel 17:45-51

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