1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

2 And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

3 And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

4 Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.

5 And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

6 And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

7 And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

8 These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

1 Or avvenne che, in capo dell’anno, al tempo che i re sogliono uscire alla guerra, Ioab condusse fuori l’esercito, e guastò il paese de’ figliuoli di Ammon; poi venne, e pose l’assedio a Rabba; ma Davide dimorò in Gerusalemme; e Ioab percosse Rabba, e la disfece.

2 E Davide prese la corona di Malcam d’in su la testa di esso, e trovò che pesava un talento d’oro, e vi erano delle pietre preziose; e fu posta sopra il capo di Davide. Egli ne portò eziandio le spoglie della città, ch’erano in grandissima quantità.

3 E trasse fuori il popolo, e lo mise in pezzi con seghe, e con trebbie di ferro, e con mannaie. E così fece Davide a tutte le città de’ figliuoli di Ammon. Poi se ne ritornò, con tutto il popolo, in Gerusalemme

4 DOPO queste cose, avvenne che si mosse guerra contro a’ Filistei, in Ghezer. Allora Sibbecai Hussatita percosse Sippai, ch’era della progenie di Rafa; ed i Filistei furono abbassati.

5 Vi fu ancora un’altra guerra contro a’ Filistei, nella quale Elhanan, figliuolo di Iair, percosse Lachmi, fratello di Goliat, Ghitteo, l’asta della cui lancia era come un subbio di tessitore.

6 Vi fu ancora un’altra guerra in Gat, dove si trovò un uomo di grande statura, il quale aveva sei dita in ciascuna mano, ed in ciascun piè; sì ch’erano in tutto ventiquattro; ed era anch’egli della progenie di Rafa.

7 Ed egli schernì Israele; ma Gionatan, figliuolo di Sima, fratello di Davide, lo percosse.

8 Questi nacquero in Gat, della schiatta di Rafa, e furono morti per mano di Davide, e per mano de’ suoi servitori