Subject: Why did David use five stones? |
Bible Note: This were the verses I was getting four brothers from: 2 Samuel 21:19-22 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (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. (21) And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. (22) These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. I guess I figured that since Goliath was dead at the period this passage is recounting, that Gath had five sons. Isn't it interesting that all of these brothers had 24 digits? Clearly this giantism was a dominant gene that manifested itself in other ways, too. I wonder what it would be like to have 12 fingers? Wow, imagine playing the old 88! Or surf boarding, "Hanging 12!" :-) |