Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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David Captures Rabbah
(2 Samuel 12.26–31)
1 The following spring, at the
time of the year when kings
usually go to war, Joab led out the
army and invaded the land of Ammon;
King David, however, stayed
in Jerusalem. They besieged the city
of Rabbah, attacked it, and destroyed
it. note
2 The Ammonite idol
Molech note had a gold crown which
weighed about seventy-five pounds.
In it there was a jewel, which David
took and put in his own crown. He
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also took a large amount of loot
from the city.
3 He took the people of
the city and put them to work with
saws, iron hoes, and axes. He did the
same to the people of all the other
towns of Ammon. Then he and his
men returned to Jerusalem.
Battles against Philistine Giants
(2 Samuel 21.15–22)
4 Later on, war broke out again
with the Philistines at Gezer. This
was when Sibbecai from Hushah
killed a giant named Sippai, and the
Philistines were defeated.
5 There was another battle with
the Philistines, and Elhanan son of
Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath
from Gath, whose spear had a
shaft as thick as the bar on a weaver's
loom. note
6 Another battle took place at
Gath, where there was a giant with
six fingers on each hand and six toes
on each foot. He was a descendant
of the ancient giants.
7 He defied the
Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of
David's brother Shammah, killed
him.
8 These three, who were killed by
David and his men, were descendants
of the giants at Gath.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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