1 Chronicles 20

Rabbah is Conquered

20It ^ahappened ¹in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But ^bDavid stayed at Jerusalem. And ^cJoab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it. ²Then David ^dtook their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the ²spoil of the city in great abundance. ³And he brought out the people who were in it, and ³put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Philistine Giants Destroyed

⁴Now it happened afterward ^ethat war broke out at ⁴Gezer with the Philistines, at which time ^fSibbechai the Hushathite killed ⁵Sippai, who was one of the sons of ⁶the giant. And they were subdued.

⁵Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of ⁷Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s ^gbeam.

⁶Yet again ^hthere was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to ⁸the giant. ⁷So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of ⁹Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

⁸These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.