1 Na primavera seguinte, na época em que os reis saem à guerra, Joabe conduziu o seu exército até a terra dos amonitas e a arrasou. Enquanto Davi ainda estava em Jerusalém, Joabe cercou Rabá, a capital, atacou-a e deixou-a em ruínas.

2 Davi tirou a coroa da cabeça de Milcon, uma coroa de ouro de trinta e cinco quilos, ornamentada com pedras preciosas. E ela foi colocada na cabeça de Davi. Ele levou uma grande quantidade de bens da cidade,

3 e levou também os seus habitantes, designando-lhes trabalhos com serras, picaretas de ferro e machados. Davi fez assim com todas as cidades amonitas. Depois voltou com todo seu exército para Jerusalém.

4 E houve depois disso uma guerra com os filisteus, em Gezer. Naquela época, Sibecai, de Husate, matou Sipai, um dos descendentes dos refains, e os filisteus foram subjugados.

5 Noutra batalha contra os filisteus, Elanã, filho de Jair, matou Lami, irmão de Golias, de Gate, que possuía uma lança cuja haste parecia uma lançadeira de tecelão.

6 Noutra batalha, em Gate, havia um homem de grande estatura e que tinha seis dedos em cada mão e seis dedos em cada pé; vinte e quatro dedos ao todo. Ele também era descendente de Rafa,

7 e ele desafiou Israel, mas Jônatas, filho de Siméia, irmão de Davi, o matou.

8 Esses eram descendentes de Rafa, em Gate, e foram mortos por Davi e seus soldados.

1 And it came to pass, at the time of the turn of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, that Joab led forth the force of the army, and laid waste the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah, but, David, was tarrying in Jerusalem,and Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it weighed a talent of gold, and, therein, were precious stones, and it was on the head of David,and, the spoil of the city, brought he forth, in great abundance;

3 and, the people that were therein, brought he forth, and cut with the saw and with threshing sledges of iron and with axes, thus also, used David to do unto all the cities of the son of Ammon,and David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

4 And it came to pass, after this, that there was yet again a battle in Gezer, with the Philistines,then, Sibbecai the Hushathite smote Sippai of the children of the giants, and they were subdued.

5 And there again came to be a battle with the Philistines,and Elhanan son of Jair smote Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear, was like a weavers beam.

6 And there again came to be war with Gath,where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes, six on each hand and foot, were four and twenty, and, he also, had been born unto the giant.

7 But, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea brother of David, smote him.

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