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Qabsashadii Rabbaah

20 Oo isla xilligii sannaddii dambe, markay boqorradu dagaalka u soo bixi jireen ayaa Yoo'aab kaxaystay xooggii ciidanka oo dhan oo baabbi'iyey dalkii reer Cammoon, oo haddana intuu soo kacay ayuu Rabbaah hareereeyey. Yoo'aab wuxuu dagaal ku dhiftay Rabbaah, wuuna afgembiyey, laakiinse Daa'uud baa Yeruusaalem iska joogay. Markaasaa Daa'uud boqorkoodii madaxiisii taajkii ka qaaday, oo wuxuu ogaaday in miisaankiisu yahay talanti dahab ah, dhagxan qaali ahna wuu lahaa, markaasaa Daa'uud madaxa loo saaray. Oo wuxuu dibadda u soo bixiyey dhacii magaalada oo aad iyo aad u badnaa. Dibadduu u soo bixiyey dadkii magaalada ku jiray, oo wuxuu hoos dhigay miinshaaro iyo biro wax lagu qodo, iyo faasas. Oo magaalooyinkii reer Cammoon oo dhan Daa'uud saasuu u wada galay. Markaasaa Daa'uud iyo dadkii oo dhammu ku noqdeen Yeruusaalem.

La Dagaallankii Reer Falastiin

Oo taas dabadeed waxay noqotay in reer Falastiin haddana Geser lagula diriray, oo Sibbekay oo reer Xushaad ahaa wuxuu dilay Sifay, oo ahaa mid ka mid ah wiilashii Rafaa, oo iyagiina waa la jebiyey. Oo haddana reer Falastiin waa lala diriray, oo Elxaanaan ina Yaaciir wuxuu dilay Laxmii oo ahaa Goli'ad kii reer Gad walaalkiis, oo samayda warankiisuna waxay le'ekayd dharsameeyaha looxiisa. Oo haddana waxaa dagaal ka dhacay Gad, halkaasna waxaa joogay nin aad u dheer, oo farihiisa gacmeed iyo farihiisa lugeedna waxay ahaayeen afar iyo labaatan, oo gacan kasta wuxuu ku lahaa lix, cag kastana wuxuu ku lahaa lix, oo isna wuxuu u dhashay Rafaa. Oo isna markuu reer binu Israa'iil caayay waxaa isagii dilay Yoonaataan oo uu Daa'uud walaalkiisii Shimcaa ahaa dhalay. Kuwanu waxay Rafaa ugu dhasheen Gad, oo waxay ku dhinteen Daa'uud gacantiisii iyo gacantii addoommadiisa.

The Capture of Rabbah(A)

20 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah(B) and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.(C) David took the crown from the head of their king[a]—its weight was found to be a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes.(D) David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

War With the Philistines(E)

In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer.(F) At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites,(G) and the Philistines were subjugated.

In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(H)

In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or of Milkom, that is, Molek
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

20 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.