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.
And there was yet a battle in Gath. It is evident that the battlefield of these successive encounters was Gath and its neighbourhood, to which David marched his army (2 Samuel 21:15), and to recover which from the possession of the Hebrew king (see the notes at 2 Samuel 8:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1) was the object of their frequent insurrections.
Where was a man of great stature, х 'iysh (H376) maadown (H4067) (Khethib); 'iysh maadiyn, a man of measures a tall man (cf. 1 Chronicles 20:6); Septuagint, aneer Madoon] (whether this rendering was intended to be a mere repetition of the original, as is frequently done in that version, where the meaning was not understood, or to mark that be was a native of Madon (Joshua 11:1; Joshua 12:19), it is impossible to say). He was presumably a Rephaite, like those mentioned in the preceding verses; but, in addition to his extraordinary height, he was a lusus naturas, because he had 24 fingers and toes, 6 on each hand and foot.