1 Chronicles 20

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1In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.

2David took the crown from the head of their king– its weight was found to be a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones–and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city

3and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

4In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.

5In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's rod.

6In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot–twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.

7When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

8These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

Commentary

20:1-8 David's wars. - Though the Lord will severely correct the sins of his believing people, he will not leave them in the hands of their enemies. His assistance will overcome all advantages of number and strength of those that defy his Israel. All that trust in Christ, shall be made more than conquerors through him that loveth them.

See Gill "1Ch 20:1".

CHAPTER 201Ch 20:1-3. Rabbah Besieged by Joab, Spoiled by David, and the People Tortured.1. at the time when kings go out to battle—in spring, the usual season in ancient times for entering on a campaign; that is, a year subsequent to the Syrian war.Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country … of Ammon—The former campaign had been disastrous, owing chiefly to the hired auxiliaries of the Ammonites; and as it was necessary, as well as just, that they should be severely chastised for their wanton outrage on the Hebrew ambassadors, Joab ravaged their country and invested their capital, Rabbah. After a protracted siege, Joab took one part of it, the lower town or "city of waters," insulated by the winding course of the Jabbok. Knowing that the fort called "the royal city" would soon fall, he invited the king to come in person, and have the honor of storming it. The knowledge of this fact (mentioned in 2Sa 12:26) enables us to reconcile the two statements—"David tarried at Jerusalem" (1Ch 20:1), and "David and all the people returned to Jerusalem" (1Ch 20:3).

Chapter 20 Here is a repetition of the story of David’s wars, I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah (v. 1-3). II. With the giants of the Philistines (v. 4-8).Verses 1-3 How the army of the Ammonites and their allies was routed in the field we read in the foregoing chapters. Here we have the destruction of Rabbah, the metropolis of their kingdom (v. 1), the putting of their king’s crown upon David’s head (v. 2), and the great severity that was used towards the people, v. 3. Of this we had a more full account in 2 Sa. 11, 12, and cannot but remember it by this sad token, that while Joab was besieging Rabbah David fell into that great sin in the matter of Uriah. But it is observable that, though the rest of the story is repeated, that is not: a hint only is given of it, in those words which lie here in a parenthesis—But David tarried at Jerusalem.

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AMHEVG እንዲህም ሆነ፤ በዓመት መለወጫ ነገሥታት ወደ ሰልፍ በሚወጡበት ጊዜ ኢዮአብ ሠራዊቱን አወጣ፥ የአሞንንም ልጆች አገር አጠፋ፤ መጥቶም ረባትን ከበበ። ዳዊትም በኢየሩሳሌም ቈይቶ ነበር። አማርኛ BCV ዓመት ምስ ሓለፈ በቲ ነገስታት ንውግእ ዝወፁሉ ጊዜ፥ ኢዮኣብ ሰራዊት ውግእ ሒዙ ንሃገር ደቂ ኣሞን ኣጥፍኣ፤ መፂኡ ኸዓ ንራባት ኸበባ። ዳዊት ግና ኣብ ኢየሩሳሌም ተሪፉ ነበረ። ኢዮኣብ ከዓ… ትግርኛ GAZBIB Birraa yeroo itti mootonni lolaaf ba'anitti, Yo'aab loltoota fudhatee ba'ee, biyya Amoon balleessee, darbee mandara Raa… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወኮነ በካልእ ዓመት በፀዓተ ነገሥት አምጽአ ኢዮኣብ ኵሎ ሰራዊት ወአኅለቁ ኵሎ በሓውርተ ዐሞን ወበጽሑ ወቦኡ ብሔረ ራቦት፤ ወዳዊትሰ ነበረ ውስተ ኢየሩሳሌም፤ ወቀተለ ኢዮኣብ ኵሎ በሓውርተ … giz GAZGAZ Birraa yeroo itti mootonni lolaaf ba'anitti, Yo'aab loltoota fudhatee ba'ee, biyya Amoon balleessee, darbee mandara Raa… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ዓመት ምስ ሓለፈ በቲ ነገስታት ንውግእ ዝወፁሉ ጊዜ፥ ኢዮኣብ ሰራዊት ውግእ ሒዙ ንሃገር ደቂ ኣሞን ኣጥፍኣ፤ መፂኡ ኸዓ ንራባት ኸበባ። ዳዊት ግና ኣብ ኢየሩሳሌም ተሪፉ ነበረ። ኢዮኣብ ከዓ… ትግርኛ AMHNIV ነገሥታት ለጦርነት በሚሄዱበት በጸደይ ወራት፣ ኢዮአብ የጦር ሰራዊቱን እየመራ ሄዶ የአሞናውያንን አገር አጠፋ፤ ወደ ራባትም ሄዶ ከበባት፤ ዳዊት ግን ኢየሩሳሌም ቀርቶ ነበር። ኢዮአብም ራባት… አማርኛ SWAHSUV Hata ikawa, mwanzo wa mwaka mpya, wakati watokapo wafalme kwenda vitani, Yoabu akawaongoza mashujaa wa jeshi, akaiteka … Kiswahili