The Plunder of Rabbah
1 In the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the army out and laid waste to the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.
2 David took the crown of their king from off his head and found that it weighed 66 pounds of gold, and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought a large amount of plunder out of the city. 3 He brought out the people who were in it and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Philistine Giants Slain
4 After this, war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of 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 staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
6 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had 24 fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot, and he also was descended from the giants. 7 When he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David’s brother killed him. 8 These were the descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell at the hand of David and at the hand of his servants.