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Chapter 20
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And it came to pass, that after the year was expired,
at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth
the power of the army, and wasted the country of the
children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and
destroyed it. |
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And David took the crown of their king from off his
head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there
were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's
head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of
the city. |
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And he brought out the people that were in it, and
cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with
axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the
children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned
to Jerusalem. |
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And it came to pass after this, that there arose war
at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai
the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children
of the giant: and they were subdued. |
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And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan
the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the
Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. |
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And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man
of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and
twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he
also was the son of the giant. |
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But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea
David's brother slew him. |
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These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell
by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. |
