Bible Person

man of great stature

Male · 2 cross references

This entry refers to the unnamed giant described as a man of great stature from the Philistine line of Rephaim. He appears in the closing warrior traditions that remember how David's champions subdued the remaining giant threats. First appears in 2 Sam 21:20.1

AI summary: This man of great stature matters because his cross references place him in the final cluster of giant-conflict stories that echo David's earlier victory over Goliath. His defeat by Jonathan son of Shimea shows that the struggle against Philistine terror continued beyond a single famous battle and that David's broader circle shared in that triumph. Taken together, the material presents him as one of the last giant adversaries whose fall signals the waning of that long-standing menace.1