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 Na Primavera seguinte (a Primavera era a altura em que normalmente as guerras recomeçavam) Joabe levou o exército israelita a vitoriosos ataques contra as cidades e aldeias dos amonitas. Depois de as destruir, pôs cerco a Rabá e conquistou-a. Entretanto David ficara em Jerusalém.

2 Deslocando-se posteriormente ao local da batalha, tirou a coroa da cabeça do rei (que se chamava Milcom) de Rabá, e colocou-a sobre a sua própria cabeça. Era feita toda de ouro, com pedras preciosas incrustadas, pesava trinta e sete quilos! Levou também da cidade grande despojo.

3 Também obrigou o povo da cidade a ir trabalhar com serras, com machados de ferro e picaretas, como era hábito aliás fazer com todos os povos amonitas. David, mais todo o seu exército regressou a Jerusalém.

4 A guerra seguinte foi contra os filisteus novamente, em Gezer. Mas Sibecai, um homem de Husate, matou um dos filhos do gigante Sipai, e os filisteus renderam-se.

5 Durante outra guerra contra os filisteus, Elanã (filho de Jair) matou Lami, irmão de Golias, o gigante; a haste da sua lança era semelhante à trave dum tecelão! Noutra batalha, em Gate, um gigante com seis dedos em cada mão e em cada pé, filho também de um gigante, desafiou e insultou Israel; mas foi morto por Jónatas, sobrinho de David (filho de Siméia, irmão de David).

8 Estes gigantes eram descendentes dos gigantes de Gate. Foram assim mortos por David e pelos seus soldados.