He brought out the people who were in it, (A)and [a]put them to work at saws, iron picks, and axes. And David did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

(B)Now it came about after this, that war [b]broke out at [c]Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite [d]killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the [e]giants, and they were subdued. And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of (C)Jair [f]killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the (D)shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:3 So 2 Sam 12:31; MT sawed them apart with
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Lit stood up
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:4 In 2 Sam 21:18, Gob
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Lit struck
  5. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Heb Raphah, and so in vv 6, 8
  6. 1 Chronicles 20:5 Lit struck

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