1 Chronicles 20

CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF RABBAH

20In the spring^C when kings march out to war,^c Joab led the army and destroyed the Ammonites’ land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem.^d Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it. ²Then David took the crown from the head of their king,^De and it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed seventy-five pounds^F of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city. ³He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes.^f David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

THE PHILISTINE GIANTS

⁴After this,^g a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,^Ah and the Philistines were subdued.

⁵Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath of Gath. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.ⁱ

⁶There 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. ⁷When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

⁸These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers.