12. he went and got the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh in Gilead. (They had stolen them from the public square in Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged the bodies on the day they killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.)
13. David took the bones of Saul and Jonathan and also gathered up the bones of the seven men who had been hanged.
14. Then they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in the grave of Saul's father Kish, in Zela in the territory of Benjamin, doing all that the king had commanded. And after that, God answered their prayers for the country.
15. There was another war between the Philistines and Israel, and David and his men went and fought the Philistines. During one of the battles David grew tired.
16. A giant named Ishbibenob, who was carrying a bronze spear that weighed about 3.5 kilogrammes and who was wearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.
17. But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's help, attacked the giant, and killed him. Then David's men made David promise that he would never again go out with them to battle. “You are the hope of Israel, and we don't want to lose you,” they said.
18. After this there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, during which Sibbecai from Hushah killed a giant named Saph.
19. There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath, whose spear had a shaft as thick as the bar on a weaver's loom.
20. Then there was another battle at Gath, where there was a giant who loved to fight. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
21. He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.
22. These four were descendants of the giants of Gath, and they were killed by David and his men.