And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
A.M.
2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when …
after the year was expired [heb] at the return of the year
1 Kings 20:22,26 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, …
2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites …
wasted
Isaiah 6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be …
Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, …
Rabbah
Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold …
Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour …
Joab smote
2 Samuel 11:16-25 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned …
2 Samuel 12:26-31 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took …
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
And he
1 Chronicles 19:2-5 And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, …
Psalm 21:8,9 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall …
and cut instead of {wyyasar,} `and he cut,' the parallel passage is {wyasem,} `and he put them;' which is also the reading here of seven MSS collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc. of human beings, have no more place in the text, that they had in David's conduct towards the Ammonites.
with saws
Exodus 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and …
Joshua 9:23 Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed …
Judges 8:6,7,16,17 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna …
1 Kings 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children …
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
