the giant in Gath

Mentioned in 1017 BC traditional (Jones)

Heb. ‘Anakim (Deut. 2:10, 11, 21; Josh. 11:21, 22; 14:12, 15; called “sons of Anak,” Num. 13:33; “children of Anak,” 13:22; Josh. 15:14), a nomad race of giants descended from Arba (Josh. 14:15), the father of Anak, that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). They were a Cushite tribe of the same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Children: Goliath, Ishbi-benob, Lahmi, man of great stature, Sippai
Tagged in: 7 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as David, Sibbechai, Sippai, man of great stature, and Ishbi-benob.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of the giant in Gath: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Places

Places named in the same verses as the giant in Gath, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Gath4
likely location: Gezer1
possible location: Gob1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1042–992 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of the giant in Gath’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts the giant in Gath in 7 tagged verses across 2 books.

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2 Samuel4
1 Chronicles3

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	the giant in Gath 0
KJV	the giant in Gath 2
ASV	the giant in Gath 2

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel4 verses

21:16
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
21:18
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
21:20
And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
21:22
So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

1 Chronicles3 verses

20:4
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
20:6
And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
20:8
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.