1 In spring, at the time of year when kings go out to make war, Joab led the Israelite army in attacks against the country of the Ammonites, also besieging Rabbah. However, David remained behind in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and destroyed it. 2 David took the crown from the head of their idol Milcom. It was made of gold, and was set with gems. It weighed a talent and was placed on David's head. David also took a great deal of plunder from the city. 3 David made the people there work with saws, iron picks, and axes. He also did the same to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all his army returned to Jerusalem. 4 Some time after this war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. But then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were forced to submit. 5 In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan, son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was as thick as a weaver's rod. 6 In yet another battle at Gath, there was a gigantic man, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, making twenty-four all. He too was descended from the giants. 7 But when he insulted Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. 8 These were the descendants of the giants in Gath, but they were all killed by David and his men.
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Elhanan
Elhanan son of Jair, a Bethlehemite, who in a battle with the Philistines at Gob killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5
Jair
Named as the father of Elhanan the Bethlehemite, who killed Goliath's brother.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5
Jonathan
A son of David's brother Shimei, who killed the six-fingered descendant of Rapha who taunted Israel at Gath.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Chronicles 20:7
Lahmi
Brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam; killed by Elhanan son of Jair.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 20:5
Saph
One of the descendants of Rapha, killed by Sibbecai the Hushathite in a battle with the Philistines at Gob.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:18; 1 Chronicles 20:4
Cross references (8)
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- 1 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26–31; Jeremiah 49:2–3; Amos 1:14; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 2 2 Samuel 12:30–31; 2 Samuel 8:11–12; 1 Chronicles 18:11
- 3 1 Chronicles 19:2–5; 1 Kings 9:21; Judges 8:6–7; Psalm 21:8–9; Exodus 1:14
- 4 2 Samuel 21:18–22; Joshua 12:12; 1 Chronicles 11:29; 2 Samuel 21:15; Joshua 16:3
- 5 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Samuel 17:4
- 6 2 Samuel 21:20
- 7 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Chronicles 2:13; Isaiah 37:23; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:10
- 8 Romans 8:31; Jeremiah 9:23; Joshua 14:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11
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