1 Chronicles 20

War with Philistine Giants

11Then it happened 2in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And 3Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. 24David took the crown of 5their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. 3He brought out the people who were in it, 6and cut them with saws and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

47Now it came about after this, that war 8broke out at 9Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite 10killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the 11giants, and they were subdued. 5And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of 12Jair 13killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the 14shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 6Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants. 7When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, 15killed him. 8These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.