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1 Chronicles 20 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

David Captures Rabbah
(2Sa 11:1; 12:26–31 )

1Ch 20:1

1Ch 20:1In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

1Ch 20:2

1Ch 20:2When David arrived at Rabbah, he removed the crown from the king’s head,[fn] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and he found that it weighed seventy-five pounds.[fn] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.

1Ch 20:3

1Ch 20:3He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes.[fn] That is how David dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Battles against Philistine Giants
(2Sa 21:15–22 )

1Ch 20:4

1Ch 20:4After this, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph,[fn] a descendant of the giants,[fn] and so the Philistines were subdued.

1Ch 20:5

1Ch 20:5During another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of Lahmi’s spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!

1Ch 20:6

1Ch 20:6In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.

1Ch 20:7

1Ch 20:7But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.

1Ch 20:8

1Ch 20:8These Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.
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NLT Footnotes
Hebrew At the turn of the year. The first day of the year in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in March or April.
Or from the head of Milcom (as in Greek version and Latin Vulgate). Milcom, also called Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].
As in parallel text at 2 Sam 12:31; Hebrew reads and cut them with saws, iron picks, and saws.
As in parallel text at 2 Sam 21:18; Hebrew reads Sippai.
Hebrew descendant of the Rephaites; also in 20:6, 8.
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