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the spring, at the time of the year when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the armed forces. He ravaged the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained at Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins. 2 David took the crown from the head of their king, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones. The crown was placed on David’s head. He also took away a large quantity of plunder from the city. 3 He brought out the people who were in it and consigned them to work with saws and iron picks and axes. David the same thing to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.
4 After this, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.
5 Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
6 Yet again there was another battle, which took place at Gath where there was a man of enormous stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand, and six on each foot. He was also a son of the giant. 7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
8 These were descended from the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his men.