David’s army takes Ammon capital
2 Samuel 11:1; 12:26-31 1In the spring of the year, when kings at war typically return to the battlefield, David sent his army to finish the fight with Ammon. He sent his commander Joab, all the officers, and all the soldiers to Ammon’s capital of Rabbah. [1] They attacked the city, while David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
2When David got the report that the city was about to fall, he hurried to take the credit. [2] He took the gold crown off the king’s head [3] and put it on his head. Embedded with jewels, the crown weighed 75 pounds. [4] David pillaged the city for its spoils of war—a wealth of treasure. 3Locals who survived the battle became servants of Israel. David gave the people the tools they would need for their jobs: saws, iron picks, and iron axes. [5] David did this to the people in all the cities of Ammon. Then he went home to Jerusalem. Philistines rise to fight again
2 Samuel 21:15-22 4Philistines in the city of Gezer declared war on Israel again. Israel’s warrior, Sibbecai from the town of Hushah, [6] killed Saph. Saph was a Philistine descended from the Rephaim family of giants. Israel won that war.
5Once again, Israel and the Philistines fought each other. During that battle, Elhanan, [7] son of Jair from Bethlehem, killed Goliath’s brother, Lahmi from the town of Gath. Like his brother, Lahmi carried a spear with a shaft thick as a weaver’s beam. [8]
6Israel fought the Philistines again, this time at the town of Gath. One of the Philistine warriors was a giant of a man, from a family of giants. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 7When he stepped out to hurl insults at Israel, David’s nephew killed him—Jonathan, son of David’s brother, Shimei. 8All of these Philistine men who died in the battles were descended from giants in Gath. David and his soldiers killed each one of them.
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1In the spring of the year, when kings at war typically return to the battlefield, David sent his army to finish the fight with Ammon. He sent his commander Joab, all the officers, and all the soldiers to Ammon’s capital of Rabbah. [1] They attacked the city, while David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
2When David got the report that the city was about to fall, he hurried to take the credit. [2] He took the gold crown off the king’s head [3] and put it on his head. Embedded with jewels, the crown weighed 75 pounds. [4] David pillaged the city for its spoils of war—a wealth of treasure. 3Locals who survived the battle became servants of Israel. David gave the people the tools they would need for their jobs: saws, iron picks, and iron axes. [5] David did this to the people in all the cities of Ammon. Then he went home to Jerusalem.Philistines rise to fight again
2When David got the report that the city was about to fall, he hurried to take the credit. [2] He took the gold crown off the king’s head [3] and put it on his head. Embedded with jewels, the crown weighed 75 pounds. [4] David pillaged the city for its spoils of war—a wealth of treasure. 3Locals who survived the battle became servants of Israel. David gave the people the tools they would need for their jobs: saws, iron picks, and iron axes. [5] David did this to the people in all the cities of Ammon. Then he went home to Jerusalem.
Philistines rise to fight again
2 Samuel 21:15-22 4Philistines in the city of Gezer declared war on Israel again. Israel’s warrior, Sibbecai from the town of Hushah, [6] killed Saph. Saph was a Philistine descended from the Rephaim family of giants. Israel won that war.
5Once again, Israel and the Philistines fought each other. During that battle, Elhanan, [7] son of Jair from Bethlehem, killed Goliath’s brother, Lahmi from the town of Gath. Like his brother, Lahmi carried a spear with a shaft thick as a weaver’s beam. [8]
6Israel fought the Philistines again, this time at the town of Gath. One of the Philistine warriors was a giant of a man, from a family of giants. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 7When he stepped out to hurl insults at Israel, David’s nephew killed him—Jonathan, son of David’s brother, Shimei. 8All of these Philistine men who died in the battles were descended from giants in Gath. David and his soldiers killed each one of them.
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4Philistines in the city of Gezer declared war on Israel again. Israel’s warrior, Sibbecai from the town of Hushah, [6] killed Saph. Saph was a Philistine descended from the Rephaim family of giants. Israel won that war.
5Once again, Israel and the Philistines fought each other. During that battle, Elhanan, [7] son of Jair from Bethlehem, killed Goliath’s brother, Lahmi from the town of Gath. Like his brother, Lahmi carried a spear with a shaft thick as a weaver’s beam. [8]
6Israel fought the Philistines again, this time at the town of Gath. One of the Philistine warriors was a giant of a man, from a family of giants. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 7When he stepped out to hurl insults at Israel, David’s nephew killed him—Jonathan, son of David’s brother, Shimei. 8All of these Philistine men who died in the battles were descended from giants in Gath. David and his soldiers killed each one of them.
5Once again, Israel and the Philistines fought each other. During that battle, Elhanan, [7] son of Jair from Bethlehem, killed Goliath’s brother, Lahmi from the town of Gath. Like his brother, Lahmi carried a spear with a shaft thick as a weaver’s beam. [8]
6Israel fought the Philistines again, this time at the town of Gath. One of the Philistine warriors was a giant of a man, from a family of giants. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 7When he stepped out to hurl insults at Israel, David’s nephew killed him—Jonathan, son of David’s brother, Shimei. 8All of these Philistine men who died in the battles were descended from giants in Gath. David and his soldiers killed each one of them.
