1 Chronicles 20

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The Capture of Rabbah

1 ¹In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And ²Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

2 ³And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent^[a] of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

3 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor^[b] ⁴with saws and iron picks and axes. ^[c] And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Philistine Giants Killed

4 ⁵And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.

5 And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of ⁶Jair struck down Lahmi ⁷the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

6 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of ⁸Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down.

8 These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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1 Chronicles 20 Commentary

Chapter 20

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.

Taken from Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)

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Cross References 8

1. 20:1 2 Sam. 11:1
2. 20:1 2 Sam. 12:26
3. 20:2 For ver. 2, 3, see 2 Sam. 12:30, 31
4. 20:3 [2 Sam. 12:31]
5. 20:4 For ver. 4-8, see 2 Sam. 21:18-22
6. 20:5 [2 Sam. 21:19]
7. 20:5 [2 Sam. 21:19]
8. 20:7 ch. 2:13; 2 Sam. 13:3; [1 Sam. 16:9; 17:13]

Footnotes 3

[a] 20:2 A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
[b] 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew 'he sawed'
[c] 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew 'saws'

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 20

Agrees with various passages in the second book of Samuel; 1Ch 20:1 with 2Sa 11:1 and 1Ch 20:2,3 with 2Sa 12:30,31 and the rest, to the end of it, with 2Sa 21:15-22. What differences there are, are observed in the notes on those passages, which see. Also see 1Ch 21:1. 18886-950102-2025-1Ch20.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible