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1 And it happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time of the going out of the kings, that Joab led out the force of the host and destroyed the land of the sons of Ammon, and he came in and besieged Rabbah. And David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it. In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it. In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.
2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones, and it was on the head of David. And the plunder of the city he brought out in great abundance. And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. David took the crown from the head of their king —its weight was found to be a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city
3 And the people who were in it he brought out, and they sawed with the saws, and with the iron picks, and with the axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David returned, and all the people, to Jerusalem. And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came to pass afterward that war broke out in Gezer with the Philistines. At that time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai of the sons of the Rephaim, and they were subdued. And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.
5 And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the shaft of his spear was was like a beam of a weaver. And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.
6 And there was again war in Gath, where there was a man of stature with digits six and six—twenty-four. And he was born also of Rapha. And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants. In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.
7 And he defied Israel, and killed him Jonathan son of Shimea brother of David. And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
8 These were born of Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.
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