1And it came to pass, that after the year was expired , at the time that kings go out to battle , Joab led forth the power of the army , and wasted the country of the children of Ammon , and came and besieged Rabbah . But David tarried at Jerusalem . And Joab smote Rabbah , and destroyed it. 2And David took the crown of their king from off his head , and found it to weigh a talent of gold , and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head : and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city . 3And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws , and with harrows of iron , and with axes . Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon . And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .
The Capture of Rabbah
4And it came to pass after this , that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines ; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai , that was of the children of the giant : and they were subdued . 5And there was war again with the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite , whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam .
The Giants of Gath
6And yet again there was war at Gath , where was a man of great stature , whose fingers and toes were four and twenty , six on each hand , and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant . 7But when he defied Israel , Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him. 8These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David , and by the hand of his servants .