GIANTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: PART VIII OTHER GIANTS
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Giants are no strangers to human history and more than one Bigfoot Researcher has mentioned the possibility that the Giants in Genesis known as the Nephilim are a reference to ancient Bigfoot. There are several giants referenced in the book of Genesis that are not as explicit. The website Answers in Genesis does a great job uncovering many of the giants that are less well-known.
Other Giants
The Bible mentions four more Philistine giants, who were relatives of Goliath from the region of Gath. 2 Samuel 21:15–22 provides a more detailed account of these giants than the record of 1 Chronicles 20:4–8, but the latter passage does provide some extra information that helps us make sense of the passage. The additional details from 1 Chronicles are provided in brackets.
“When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”
“Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob [or “Gezer”]. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph [or “Sippai”], who was one of the sons of the giant. Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim [or “Jair”] the Bethlehemite killed [“Lahmi”] the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”
“Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.”
“These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants” (2 Samuel 21:15–22).
David’s mighty men killed giants named Ishbi-Benob, Saph (Sippai), and Lahmi, as well as an unnamed giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Each of these men could have descended from the remnant of Anakim that survived in the region of Gath, Gaza, and Ashdod (Joshua 11:22).
Were there Giants among men referenced in the Bible? Were these giants ancient Bigfoot and Sasquatches? Besides the Nephilim there could be other Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and the Amorites. Ron Morehead believes the Old Testament may contain clues to the Sasquatch and further our knowledge about Bigfoot in ancient times.
SRC: https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/giants-in-the-old-testament/