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1 Chronicles 20

8 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
In the spring , 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.
And it cometh to pass , at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon , and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah , and breaketh it down .
2
Then David took the crown from the head of their king . It was found to weigh a talent of gold 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 .
And David taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and findeth it `in' weight a talent of gold , and in it a precious stone , and it is on the head of David : and spoil of the city he hath brought out very much,
3
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work 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.
and the people who `are' in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw , and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes ; and thus doth David to all cities of the sons of Ammon, and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.
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 .
And it cometh to pass , after this, that there remaineth war in Gezer with the Philistines , then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Sippai, of the children of the giant , and they are humbled .
5
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
And there is again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair smiteth Lahmi , brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear `is' like a beam of weavers .
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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 there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes `are' six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant.
7
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him .
And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David .
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So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
These were born to the giant in Gath , and they fall by the hand of David , and by the hand of his servants.

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