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And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor[a] with saws and iron picks and axes;[b] and thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Exploits against the Philistines

And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sib′becai the Hu′shathite slew Sip′pai, who was one of the descendants of the giants; and the Philistines were subdued. And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elha′nan the son of Ja′ir slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Sam 12.31: Heb he sawed
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Sam 12.31: Heb saws

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