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Chapter 20 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
