Chapter 20
In this chapter
The Capture of Rabbah
a 20:1 Literally At the turn of the year
In the spring,a at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
b 20:2 Or from the head of Milcom. Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7.
c 20:2 A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.
Then David took the crown from the head of their king.b It was found to weigh a talent of goldc and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
d 20:3 Or cut them
David brought out the people who were there and put them to workd with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Battles against the Philistines
e 20:4 Sippai is a variant of Saph; see 2 Samuel 21:18.
f 20:4 Or the giants; see also descendants of Rapha in verses 6 and 8.
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,e a descendant of the Rephaim,f and the Philistines were subdued.
g 20:5 Or Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother; see 2 Samuel 21:19.
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brotherg of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
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Footnotes
- a20:1 , back to the text Literally At the turn of the year
- b20:2 , back to the text Or from the head of Milcom. Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7.
- c20:2 , back to the text A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.
- d20:3 , back to the text Or cut them
- e20:4 , back to the text Sippai is a variant of Saph; see 2 Samuel 21:18.
- f20:4 , back to the text Or the giants; see also descendants of Rapha in verses 6 and 8.
- g20:5 , back to the text Or Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother; see 2 Samuel 21:19.
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