1 Chronicles 20

Chapter 20

War with Philistine Giants

^1aThen it happened ¹in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And ^bJoab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

^2aDavid took the crown of ¹their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

³He brought out the people who were in it, ^aand cut them with saws and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

^4aNow it came about after this, that war ¹broke out at ²Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite ³killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the ⁴giants, and they were subdued.

⁵And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of ^aJair ¹killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the ^bshaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

⁶Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants.

⁷When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, ¹killed him.

⁸These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.