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In the spring [1] 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. |
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Then David took the crown from the head of their king, [2] [3] ⓗ and it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed seventy-five pounds [4] of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city. |
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He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, [5] iron picks, and axes. [6] ⓘ David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. |
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After this, ⓙ a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, [7] ⓚ and the Philistines were subdued. |
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Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath of Gath. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. ⓛ |
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There 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 — twenty-four in all. He, too, was descended from the giant. [8] |
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When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him. |
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These were the descendants of the giant in Gath killed by David and his soldiers. |
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