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And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labour[a] (A)with saws and iron picks and axes.[b] And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Philistine Giants Killed

(B)And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of (C)Jair struck down Lahmi (D)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew he sawed
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew saws