Cross references
2 Samuel 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.
- a Or the giant; also in verses 18, 20, and 22
- b 300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms.
2 Samuel 21:16 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 21:18 (4 votes) and 2 Samuel 21:20 (4 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 6 to Hebrews 11.
Which verses does 2 Samuel 21:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 2 Samuel 21:184 votes
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
- 2 Samuel 21:204 votes
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,
- Genesis 6:42 votes
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 14:52 votes
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Numbers 13:32–332 votes
So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
- Deuteronomy 1:282 votes
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:102 votes
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 2:212 votes
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
- Deuteronomy 3:112 votes
(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.)
- Deuteronomy 9:22 votes
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
- 1 Samuel 17:4–52 votes
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
- 1 Samuel 17:45–512 votes
- 2 Samuel 5:182 votes
- 2 Samuel 21:222 votes
So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Which verses point to 2 Samuel 21:16?
The 10 strongest of 17.