1 Chronicles 20
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It a happened in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But b David stayed at Jerusalem. And c Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.
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Then David d took their king's crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David's head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance.
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And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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Now it happened afterward e that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time f Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was one of the sons of the giant. And they were subdued.
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Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's g beam.
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Yet again h there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
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So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.
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These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 11:1
It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2
Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.
2 Samuel 12:25
And He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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2 Samuel 12:26
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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2 Samuel 12:30
Then he took their king's crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones. And it was set on David's head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great abundance.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 21:18
Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the giant.
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1 Chronicles 11:29
Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite.
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1 Samuel 17:7
Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.
1 Chronicles 11:23
And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great height, five cubits tall. In the Egyptian's hand there was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 5:8
Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the lords of the Philistines, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried away to Gath." So they carried the ark of the God of Israel away.
2 Samuel 21:20
Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant.
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