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1 Chronicles 20

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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 .

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 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,

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 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.

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 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 .

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 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 .

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 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 .

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 he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David .

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

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

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

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