20And it happened that in the spring time of year,^a the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the troops of the army and destroyed the land of the Ammonites.^b And he came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it. ²And 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 very large amount. ³And the people who were in it he brought out, and he set them to work^c with saws and iron implements and axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites.^d Then David returned to Jerusalem, and all the nation with him.

The Philistine Giants Slain

⁴And 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. ⁵And 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. ⁶And again there was war in Gath. And there was a very tall^e man there, and he had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all.^f He himself was also a descendant of the Rephaim. ⁷And he taunted Israel, but Jehonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him down. ⁸These were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “at the time of the returning of the year”
bLiterally “sons of Ammon”
cThe translation comes from 2 Samuel 12:31 since the Hebrew text here is uncertain
dLiterally “sons of Ammon”
eLiterally “measured”
fLiterally “and his fingers, six and six, twenty-four”