1 Chronicles 20 (A Chapter a Day)

The Capture of Rabbah

1
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the
armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to
Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked
Rabbah and left it in ruins. 2 David took the crown from the head of their king ^[a] —its weight was found to be a talent ^[b]
of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on
David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city 3
and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor
with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the
Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

War With the Philistines

4
In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At
that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants
of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.

5
In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed
Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft
like a weaver’s rod.

6
In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man
with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each
foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

8 These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or of Milcom , that is, Molech
2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 That is, about 75 pounds (about 34 kilograms)

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