1 War with Philistine Giants Now it happened 20:1 Lit at the time of the return of the year in the spring, at the time when kings go outto battle, that Joab led out the force of the military and brought the land of the sons of Ammon to ruin, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and 20:1 Lit pulled tore it down.
2 Then David took the crown of 20:2 In Zeph 1:5,Malcam their king from his head; and he found it to weigh a 20:2 A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg talent of gold, and in itwasa precious stone; and it wasplacedon David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the cityina very great amount.
3 He also brought out the people who were in it and 20:3 Or made them cut with saws, cut them with saws; Heb vowels can indicate causative or simple active madethemwork with saws and with sharp iron instruments and with axes. And thus David used to do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returnedtoJerusalem.
4 Now it happened afterwards, that war 20:4Lit stood up broke out at 20:4In 2 Sam 21:18,Gob Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai,oneamong those born of the 20:4Heb Raphah, so in vv6, 8 giants, and they were subdued.
5 And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
6 Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man ofgreatstature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, sixfingers on each handand sixtoes on each foot; and he also had been born to the giants.
7 And he 20:7Or defied reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down.
8 These were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.