1Ch 20 | LEB | STEP | And it happened that ⌞in the spring time of year⌟ , the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the troops of the army and destroyed the land of the ⌞Ammonites⌟ . And he came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

1 Chronicles 20

The Capture of Rabbah

1 And it happened that ⌞in the spring time of year⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “at the time of the returning of the year”} the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the troops of the army and destroyed the land of the ⌞Ammonites⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “sons of Ammon”} And he came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it. 2 And David took the crown of their king from his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold. And in it was a precious stone. Then it was placed upon the head of David. And he brought out the booty of the city, a large amount. 3 And the people who were in it he brought out, and ⌞he set them to work with saws and iron implements and axes⌟. ^{▼▼The translation comes from 2 Samuel 12:31 since the Hebrew text here is uncertain} Thus David did to all the cities of the ⌞Ammonites⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “sons of Ammon”} Then David returned, and all the nation went with him.

The Philistine Giants Slain

4 And after this there arose a war in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim. And they were subdued. 5 And again there was war with the Philistines. And Elhanan son of Jair struck down Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 6 And again there was war in Gath. And there was a ⌞very tall⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “measured”} man there, and ⌞he had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “and his fingers, six and six, twenty-four”} He himself was also a descendant of the Rephaim. 7 And he taunted Israel, but Jehonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him down. 8 These were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.