1 Chronicles 20

The Fall of Rabbah

1In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab led out the army, ravaged the land of the Ammonites, and went and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab struck down Rabbah and demolished it. 2David took the crown of their king from off his head — he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and it had a precious stone in it — and it was placed on David’s head. He also brought out a great quantity of spoil from the city. 3He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with the saw, with iron picks, and with the saws. David did this to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.*

Battles with the Philistine Giants

4After this, war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. 5There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair struck down Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam. 6There was war again at Gath, where there was a man of great size, whose fingers and toes numbered six each, twenty-four in all; he too was descended from the giants. 7He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down. 8These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.