攻取拉巴

20 第二年春天,在列王出征的時節,約押率領軍兵去毀壞亞捫人的土地,然後圍攻拉巴,將城摧毀。當時,大衛在耶路撒冷。 大衛趕到拉巴奪取了亞捫王頭上的金冠。這金冠重達三十四公斤,上面還鑲著寶石,人們將它戴在大衛頭上。大衛從城裡獲得許多戰利品, 他把城裡的人帶出來,命他們用鋸、鐵耙和斧頭做工。他用同樣的方法對待亞捫其他城邑的居民。之後,大衛和全軍返回耶路撒冷。

打敗非利士巨人

這事以後,以色列人又在基色與非利士人交戰。戶沙人西比該殺死一個叫細派的巨人後裔,非利士人被征服。 後來,以色列人又與非利士人交戰,雅珥的兒子伊勒哈難殺了迦特人歌利亞的兄弟拉哈米,拉哈米的槍桿粗如織布機的軸。 此後,在迦特又起了戰事,那裡有個身材高大的人,是巨人的後代。他每隻手腳各有六個手指和腳趾,共二十四個手指和腳趾。 他向以色列人罵陣,大衛的哥哥示米亞的兒子約拿單殺了他。 這三個迦特巨人的後裔都死在了大衛和他的部下手裡。

David voert oorlog tegen de Ammonieten en de Arameeërs (vervolg)

20 Toen het weer voorjaar werd, de tijd dat de koningen altijd ten strijde trokken, trok Joab met het leger naar het land van de Ammonieten en overwon hen. Daarna omsingelde hij Rabba. Maar David bleef in Jeruzalem. Joab veroverde Rabba en verwoestte het. David nam de kroon van hun koning mee. Die woog 1 talent (30 kilo) goud en was versierd met edelstenen. David zette hem zelf op. Ook nam hij een grote buit uit de stad mee. De bewoners van de stad liet hij voortaan met zagen, houwelen en bijlen voor hem in een steengroeve werken. Dat deed hij met de bewoners van alle steden van de Ammonieten. Daarna ging David met zijn hele leger naar Jeruzalem terug.

Davids oorlogen met de Filistijnen

Daarna werd er bij Gezer weer gevochten tussen de Filistijnen en de Israëlieten. Sibbechai uit Husa doodde toen Sippai, een Refaïet.[a] Toen moesten de Filistijnen zich overgeven. Een andere keer toen er weer werd gevochten, versloeg Elhanan, de zoon van Jaïr, de broer van Goliat uit Gat: Lachmi. Deze Lachmi had een speer die zo lang en zo dik was als de boom van een weefgetouw. Daarna werd er nog een keer gevochten bij Gat. Er was daar nóg een enorme man. Hij had aan elke hand zes vingers en aan elke voet zes tenen. Dus 24 vingers en tenen. Ook hij was een Refaïet. Hij daagde Israël uit. Maar Jonatan, de zoon van Davids broer Simea, doodde hem.

Deze vier mannen waren alle vier Refaïeten uit Gat. En ze werden alle vier gedood door David en zijn mannen.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kronieken 20:4 De Refaïeten waren ongewoon grote mensen, net als de Enakieten. Lees Deuteronomium 2:10.

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.