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1 At
the time of
the return of
the year, at
the time when
kings go out,
Joab led out
the army and
wasted the country
of the children
of Ammon, and
came and besieged
Rabbah. But David
stayed at
Jerusalem. Joab
struck Rabbah, and
overthrew it.
2 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. It was
set on David’s
head, and he
brought very much
plunder out of
the city.
3 He
brought out the
people who were
in it, and
had them cut
with saws, with
iron picks, and
with axes. David
did so to
all the cities
of the children
of Ammon. Then
David and all
the people
returned to
Jerusalem.
4 After
this, war arose
at Gezer with
the Philistines.
Then Sibbecai the
Hushathite killed
Sippai, of the
sons of the
giant; and they
were subdued.
5 Again
there was war
with the
Philistines; and Elhanan
the son of
Jair killed Lahmi
the brother of
Goliath the
Gittite, the staff
of whose spear
was like a weaver’s
beam.
6 There
was again war
at Gath, where
there was a man
of great stature,
who had
twenty-four fingers and toes,
six on each hand
and six on each
foot; and he also
was born to
the giant.
7 When
he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son
of Shimea, David’s
brother, killed him.
8 These
were born to
the giant in
Gath; and they
fell by the
hand of David
and by the
hand of his
servants.