1 Chronicles 20:3-5
Revised Standard Version
3 And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor[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.
Exploits against the Philistines
4 And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sib′becai the Hu′shathite slew Sip′pai, who was one of the descendants of the giants; and the Philistines were subdued. 5 And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elha′nan the son of Ja′ir slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Sam 12.31: Heb he sawed
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Sam 12.31: Heb saws
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