1 Chronicles 20
1 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.
2 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. 3 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. 4 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.
5 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. 6 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. 7 But when he
defied Israel, Jonathan the
son of
Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were
born unto the
giant in
Gath; and they
fell by the
hand of
David, and by the
hand of his
servants.