1 Aconteceu, pois, que, no decurso de um ano, no tempo em que os reis costumam sair para a guerra, Joabe levou o exército, e destruiu a terra dos filhos de Amom, e veio, e cercou a Rabá; porém Davi ficou em Jerusalém; e Joabe feriu a Rabá e a destruiu. 2 E Davi tirou da cabeça do rei a coroa deste e achou nela o peso de um talento de ouro, e havia nela pedras preciosas; e foi posta sobre a cabeça de Davi; e levou da cidade mui grande despojo. 3 Também o povo que estava nela levou e os fez serrar com a serra e cortar com talhadeiras de ferro e com machados; e assim fez Davi com todas as cidades dos filhos de Amom; então, voltou Davi, com todo o povo, para Jerusalém.

4 E, depois disso, aconteceu que, levantando-se guerra em Gezer com os filisteus, então, Sibecai, o husatita, feriu a Sipai, dos filhos de Rafa; e os filisteus ficaram abatidos. 5 E tornou a haver guerra com os filisteus; e Elanã, filho de Jair, feriu a Lami, irmão de Golias, o geteu, cuja haste da lança era como eixo de tecelão. 6 E tornou a haver guerra em Gate; e havia ali um homem de grande estatura, e tinha vinte e quatro dedos, seis em cada mão, e seis em cada pé, e também era da raça de Rafa. 7 E injuriou a Israel; porém Jônatas, filho de Simeia, irmão de Davi, o feriu. 8 Estes nasceram a Rafa em Gate; e caíram pela mão de Davi e pela mão dos seus servos.

1 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the same season of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led out the power of the army, and destroyed the country of the children of ‘Ammon, and he came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained behind at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and pulled it down.

2 And David took the crown of Malkam from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and thereon a precious stone; and it was set on the head of David: and the booty of the city he brought out in great abundance.

3 And the people that were therein he brought forward, and cut them with saws, and with iron threshing–wagons, and with axes; and thus did David unto all the cities of the children of ‘Ammon; and David returned then with all the people unto Jerusalem.

4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose a battle at Gezer with the Philistines: then smote Sibbechai the Chushathite Sippai, one of the children of the Rapha; and they were humbled.

5 And there was again a battle with the Philistines, when Elchanan the son of Yair smote Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

6 And there was again a battle at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were six on each hand and foot, four and twenty in all; and he also was born to the Rapha.

7 And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shim’a the brother of David smote him.

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