1 Chronicles 20:1-6

War with Philistine Giants

1 ¹Then it happened in 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 ²Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

2 ³David took the crown of their 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.

3 He brought out the people who were in it, ⁴and 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.

4 ⁵Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued.

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

6 Again 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.

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1 Chronicles 20:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

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

Cross References 7

1. 2 Samuel 11:1
2. 2 Samuel 12:26
3. 2 Samuel 12:30, 31
4. 2 Samuel 12:31
5. 2 Samuel 21:18-22
6. 2 Samuel 21:19
7. 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Chronicles 11:23

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "at the return of the year"
[b]. In Zeph 1:5, "Malcam"
[c]. Lit "stood up"
[d]. In 2 Sam 21:18, "Gob"
[e]. Lit "smote"
[f]. Heb "Raphah," and so in vv 6, 8
[g]. Lit "smote"