1 Chronicles 20
1 Chronicles 20:1 In the spring when kings march out to war, Joab led the efficient army and put an end to[1] the Ammonites’ land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab struck down Rabbah and demolished it.
1 Chronicles 20:2 Then David took the crown from the head of their king, and it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed seventy-five pounds of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder[2] from the city.
1 Chronicles 20:3 He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 20:4 After this, a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
1 Chronicles 20:5 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath of Gath. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.
1 Chronicles 20:6 There was still another battle at Gath where there was a man of extraordinary stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot– twenty-four in all. He, too, was descended from the giant.
1 Chronicles 20:7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei struck him down.
1 Chronicles 20:8 These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his slaves.
[1] שָׁחַת = spoil, devastate, put an end to, corruptly. 1 Chronicles 20:1; 21:12, 15.
[2] שָׁלָל = spoil, plunder. 1 Chronicles 20:2; 26:27.
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