1 Chronicles 19 - 20
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q Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.
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And David said, "I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him.
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But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, "Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"
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So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;
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and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return."
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When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen r from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from s Zobah.
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They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before t Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.
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When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
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And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
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When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians.
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The rest of his men he put in the charge of u Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.
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And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.
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Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him."
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So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him.
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And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before u Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
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But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with v Shophach the commander of the army of w Hadadezer at their head.
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And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to them and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
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And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of x 7,000 chariots and 40,000 x foot soldiers, and put to death also v Shophach the commander of their army.
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And when the servants of w Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to save the Ammonites anymore.
1 Chronicles 20
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y In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And z Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.
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a And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
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And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor b with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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c And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.
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And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of d Jair struck down Lahmi d the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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And there was again 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 descended from the giants.
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And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of e Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
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These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 19:1 - 19
Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.
2 Samuel 10:1 - 19
After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
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2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.
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1 Chronicles 18:5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
1 Chronicles 18:9
When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
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Numbers 21:30
So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba.
Joshua 13:9
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon.
Joshua 13:16
So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba.
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1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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1 Chronicles 19:11
The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 10:16
And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates. They came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
2 Samuel 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
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2 Samuel 10:16
And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates. They came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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2 Samuel 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
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2 Samuel 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
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1 Chronicles 19:16
But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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1 Chronicles 19:16
But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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2 Samuel 11:1
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 12:26
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
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1 Chronicles 20:2 - 3
And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
2 Samuel 12:30 - 31
And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
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2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 20:4 - 8
And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.
2 Samuel 21:18 - 22
After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants.
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2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third.
2 Samuel 13:3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one.
1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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