1 Chronicles 20

Capture of the City of Rabbah

20In the spring ^qwhen kings march out to war, ^rJoab led the army and destroyed the Ammonites’ land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. ^sJoab attacked Rabbah and demolished it. ²Then David took the crown from the head of their king, ^tuvand it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed 75 pounds ^wof 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, ^xiron picks, and axes. ^yzDavid did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

The Philistine Giants

⁴After this, ^aa war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the giants, ^band the Philistines were subdued.

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

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—24 in all. He, too, was descended from the giant. ^d7When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

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