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1 Chronicles 20 Literal Standard Version

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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  • 2020
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1 And it comes to pass, at the time of the turn of the year—at the time of the going out of the messengers—that Joab leads out the force of the host, and destroys the land of the sons of Ammon, and comes in and besieges Rabbah—David is abiding in Jerusalem—and Joab strikes Rabbah, and breaks it down.
1 At the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, Joab led out the army and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
2 And David takes the crown of their king from off his head, and finds it [to be] a talent of gold [in] weight, and [with] precious stone in it, and it is on the head of David; and he has brought out very much spoil of the city,
2 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. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city.
3 and he has brought out the people who [are] in it, and sets [them] to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes; and thus David does to all cities of the sons of Ammon, and David turns back—and all the people—to Jerusalem.
3 He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it comes to pass after this, that war remains in Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbechai the Hushathite has struck Sippai, of the children of the giant, and they are humbled.
4 After this, war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
5 And there is war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan son of Jair strikes Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear [is] like a weavers’ beam.
5 Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
6 And there is war in Gath again, and there is a man of [great] measure, and his fingers and his toes [are] six and six—twenty-four [total], and he has also been born to the giant.
6 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
7 And he reproaches Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, strikes him.
7 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
8 These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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  • Elhanan

    Bethlehemite who slew a giant

    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

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  • Jair

    Father of Elhanan

    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

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  • Jonathan

    Killed a giant of Gath

    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

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  • Lahmi

    Brother of Goliath

    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

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  • Saph

    Giant killed by Sibbecai

    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

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Cross references (8)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26–31; Jeremiah 49:2–3; Amos 1:14; Deuteronomy 3:11
  2. 2 2 Samuel 12:30–31; 2 Samuel 8:11–12; 1 Chronicles 18:11
  3. 3 1 Chronicles 19:2–5; 1 Kings 9:21; Judges 8:6–7; Psalm 21:8–9; Exodus 1:14
  4. 4 2 Samuel 21:18–22; Joshua 12:12; 1 Chronicles 11:29; 2 Samuel 21:15; Joshua 16:3
  5. 5 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Samuel 17:4
  6. 6 2 Samuel 21:20
  7. 7 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Chronicles 2:13; Isaiah 37:23; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:10
  8. 8 Romans 8:31; Jeremiah 9:23; Joshua 14:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences