The First Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 20 -

(2 Samuel 12:26–31)

In the spring,(a) at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

Then David took the crown from the head of their king.(b) It was found to weigh a talent of gold

(c)

and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

David brought out the people who were there and put them to work

(d)

with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

Battles against the Philistines

(2 Samuel 21:15–22)

Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,(e) a descendant of the Rephaim,(f) and the Philistines were subdued.

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother (g) of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

And there was still another 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,

and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

Footnotes

(a)20:1 Literally At the turn of the year

(b)20:2 Or from the head of Milcom. Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7.

(d)20:3 Or cut them

(e)20:4 Sippai is a variant of Saph; see 2 Samuel 21:18.

(f)20:4 Or the giants; see also descendants of Rapha in verses 6 and 8.

(g)20:5 Or Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother; see 2 Samuel 21:19.

(2 Samuel 12:26–31)

At the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, Joab led out the army and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.

David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold,(a) and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city.

He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Battles against the Philistines

(2 Samuel 21:15–22)

After this, war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.

Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Footnotes

(a)20:2 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces