Rapha

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. Son of Benjamin

• 1 Chronicles 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

2. Also called REPHAIAH

A descendant of Jonathan

• 1 Chronicles 8:37 Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
• 1 Chronicles 9:43 Moza was the father of Binea. Rephaiah was his son, Elasah his son, and Azel his son.

3. An ancestor of certain Philistine warriors, (margins)

• 2 Samuel 21:16 Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
• 2 Samuel 21:20 And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot— twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
• 2 Samuel 21:22 So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
• 1 Chronicles 20:4 Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
• 1 Chronicles 20:6 And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot— twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
• 1 Chronicles 20:8 So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.