1
Then 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
Joab struck Rabbah and
overthrew it.
~yik'l.M;h taec te[.l h'n'V;h t;b.Wv.T te[.l yih.y;w ? #,r,a -t,a tex.v;Y;w a'b'C;h lyex -t,a b'aw{y g;h.niY;w ? dyiw'd.w h'B;r -t,a r;c'Y;w a{b'Y;w !w{M;[ -yen.B ? 'h,s.r,h,Y;w h'B;r -t,a b'aw{y .$;Y;w ~i'l'v.WryiB bev{y
2
David took the
crown of their
king from his
head, and he
found it to
weigh a
talent of
gold, and there was a
precious stone in it; and it was
placed on
David's head. And he
brought out the
spoil of the
city, a
very great amount.
w{va{r l;[em ~'K.l;m -t,r,j][ -t,a dyiw'D x;QiY;w ? h'r'q.y !,b,a H'b.W b'h'z -r;KiK l;q.vim H'a'c.miY;w ? ayicw{h ryi['h l;l.v.W dyiw'D va{r -l;[ yih.T;w ? d{a.m heB.r;h
3
He
brought out the
people who were in it, and
cut them with
saws and with
sharp instruments and with
axes. And
thus David did to
all the
cities of the
sons of
Ammon. Then
David and
all the
people returned to
Jerusalem.
h'reg.M;B r;f'Y;w ayicw{h H'B -r,v]a ~'['h -t,a.w ? h,f][;y !ek.w tw{reg.M;b.W l,z.r;B;h yecyir]x;b.W ? dyiw'D b'v'Y;w !w{M;[ -yen.b yer'[ l{k.l dyiw'd ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y ~'['h -l'k.w
4
Now it
came about
after this, that
war broke out at
Gezer with the
Philistines;
then Sibbecai the
Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the
descendants of the
giants, and they were
subdued.
~yiT.vil.P -mi[ r,z,g.B h'm'x.lim d{m][;T;w !ekyer]x;a yih.y;w ? yedilyim y;Pis -t,a yit'vUx;h y;k.Bis h'Kih z'a ? .W[en'KiY;w ~yia'p.r'h
5
And there was
war with the
Philistines again, and
Elhanan the
son of
Jair killed Lahmi the
brother of
Goliath the
Gittite, the
shaft of whose
spear was like a
weaver's beam.
.$;Y;w ~yiT.vil.P -t,a h'm'x.lim dw{[ -yih.T;w ? t'y.l'G yix]a yim.x;l -t,a r.W['y -n,B !'n'x.l,a ? ~yig.r{a rw{n.miK w{tyin]x #e[.w yiTiG;h
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.
h'Dim vyia yih.y;w t;g.B h'm'x.lim dw{[ -yih.T;w ? a.Wh -m;g.w [;B.r;a.w ~yir.f,[ vev'w -vev wy't{[.B.c,a.w ? a'p'r'h.l d;lw{n
7
When he
taunted Israel,
Jonathan the
son of
Shimea,
David's brother,
killed him.
a'[.miv -n,B !'t'nw{h.y .WheK;Y;w lea'r.fIy -t,a @er'x.y;w ? dyiw'd yix]a
8
These were
descended from the
giants in
Gath, and they
fell by the
hand of
David and by the
hand of his
servants.
dyiw'D -d;y.b .Wl.PiY;w t;g.B a'p'r'h.l .Wd.L.Wn lea ? wy'd'b][ -d;y.b.W