1 Chronicles 20

Rabbah Is Conquered

It^a happened ¹in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But ^bDavid stayed at Jerusalem. And ^cJoab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 Then David ^atook their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the ¹spoil of the city in great abundance. 3 And he brought out the people who were in it, and ¹put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Philistine Giants Destroyed

4 Now it happened afterward ^athat war broke out at ¹Gezer with the Philistines, at which time ^bSibbechai the Hushathite killed ²Sippai, who was one of the sons of ³the giant. And they were subdued.
5 Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of ¹Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s ^abeam.
6 Yet again ^athere was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to ¹the giant. 7 So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of ¹Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
8 These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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