Naphtali (3 Sep 2007)
"The 12 fingers and 12 toes of the Giant"


Greetings All;The 12 fingers and 12 toes of the Giant

The accounts are:

(1 Samuel 21:9 KJV+) And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. 10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

(2 Samuel 21:19 KJV+) And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, 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.

 

(1 Chronicles 20:5 KJV+) And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

 

The significance: 6 fingers, 6 toes, and essentially 6 cubits tall, 666. This indicates he was HaSatan’s Paladin on the battlefield. David (standing for his entire lineage) took out the brute with a rock; and everyone knows the rock is Yeshua.

Goliath

Perhaps a descendant of the Rephaim, a remnant of whom, when dispersed by Ammon, took refuge with the Philistines (Deu_2:20-21; 2Sa_21:22). Hebrew golleh means "an exile". Some derives it from an Arabic root, "stout." Gath is incidentally mentioned in Samuel as Goliath's city. Now Moses records the spies' report (Num_13:32-33) of Canaan, "there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which came of the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers." Again in Jos_11:21-22 it is written, "Joshua cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, ... there was none of the Anakims left in the land of Israel, only in Gath and in Ashdod there remained."Thus three independent witnesses, Moses, Joshua, and Samuel, in the most undesigned way confirm the fact that Goliath was a giant of Gath. His height, six cubits and a span, would make him about 9 ft. 2 in. Parisian measure, a height not unparalleled. But the Septuagint and Josephus read four cubits and a span. His coat of mail, covering chest, back, and lower parts of the body, was "scale armor," qasqeseth (compare Lev_11:9-10). Some render this as "target of brass" translated (kidown) "a brazen lance." Goliath needed no target to cover his back, as this was protected by the coat of mail.

Gath ("a winepress"), Just as David and Yeshua were in "a press", Yeshua at Gethsemane

Gath being in a vine-abounding country. One of the five great Philistine cities (Jos_13:3; 1Sa_6:17). Goliath's abode (1 Samuel 17). Its people were the "Gittites," of whom was David's devotedly loyal friend Ittai (2Sa_15:19-22). In undesigned coincidence with the presence of giants in Gath, according to 1 Samuel 17; 2Sa_21:19-22, is Jos_11:22; "only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod there remained Anakims." Gath was one of the five cities to which the Philistines carried about the ark of God (the five formed one political unity), and thereby brought on the people God's heavy visitation with emerods. It was' represented by one of the five golden emerods and five golden inlet sent to propitiate Jehovah (1Sa_5:9; 1Sa_6:4-5; 1Sa_6:10-18).David there reigned madness to save his life; a second time he visited king Achish, and had Ziklag assigned to him as a residence (1Sa_21:10-15; 1Sa_27:28). Thence he attached and drew after him 600 Gittite followers, with Ittai their chief (2Sa_15:18); probably some at the time of his sojourn in Gath, and most when he smote and subdued the Philistines (2Sa_8:1). Though tributary to Israel, Gath still retained its own king (1Ki_2:89). Hazael fought against it and took it (2Ki_12:17). Uzziah gave a heavy blow to Gath, breaking down its wall (2Ch_26:6; Amo_6:2). "Hamath ... Gath, be they better than these kingdoms?" Gath, once "better (stronger) than" Israel and Judah, fell; how vain then is your confidence in the strength of mounts Zion and Samaria!In Amo_1:6, etc., Zep_2:4-5; Zec_9:5-6, Gath is omitted; probably it had lost by that time its place among the five primary cities. Hezekiah, after Uzziah, conquered Philistia (2Ki_18:8; Isa_14:29-81). Tell es Safieh occupies the site of Gath, which lay on the border between Judah and Philistia, between Shocoh and Ekron (1Sa_17:1; 1Sa_17:52). Saul came down from the hills by the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, which passes near Shocoh, and encountered the Philistines near the bend in the valley. Saul was on the E. of the valley, the Philistines on the W., as they came from the W. Gath was from its strength often alternately in the hands of Judah and of Philistia (2Ch_11:8). It lay on a hill at the foot of Judah's mountains, ten miles E. of Ashdod, and ten S.E. of Ekron.

Y’va-reh-cha-cha Ah-doe-nigh v’yeesh-m’reh-cha, Ya-air Ah-doe-nigh, pa-navh ay-leh-cha vee-choo-neh-ka, Yee-sa Ah-doe-nigh pa-nahv al-leh-cha ve-ya-sem l’cha Shalom. (Numbers 6:24-26). The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you, The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.