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1 Chronicles 20:3-5
Common English Bible
1 Chronicles 20:3-5
Common English Bible
3 After removing the people who were in the city, David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes,[a] as he did to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
War with the Philistines
4 Once again war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephah,[b] and the Philistines were subdued. 5 In another war with the Philistines, Jair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Cf 2 Sam 12:31; MT saws
- 1 Chronicles 20:4 Or giants; also in 20:6-7
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