| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In the spring when kings march out to war, Joab led the army and destroyed the Ammonites' land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Then David took the crown from the head of their king, and it was placed on David's head. He found that the crown weighed 75 pounds of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4After this, a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David's brother Shimei killed him. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers. |
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