1 It happened at the time of the return of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

2 And David took their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the spoils of the city; a very great amount.

3 And he brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

4 And it happened afterward that war rose up at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was born to the giant. And they were subdued.

5 Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

6 Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also had been born to the giant.

7 So when he reproached Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

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

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 dum 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 disto aconteceu que, levantando-se guerra em Gazer com os filisteus, então Sibecai, o husatita, feriu a Sipai, dos filhos de Rafa; e 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 órgão 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.