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2 Samuel 23:21

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man,.... A person of good countenance and shape, very large and tall; in 1Ch 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, 1Sa 17:4;and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; as large as Goliath's; for in 1Ch 11:23, it is said to be like a weaver's beam, as Goliath's was,See Gill on "1Sa 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 to be Shimei, the son of Gera, 1Ki 2:46. Hieron. Trad. Heb. ut supra. (in. 2 Reg. fol. 80. C.

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