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1 Chronicles chapter 20

, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the army. He devastated the land of the Ammonites and went and besieged . But David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.David took the crown from the head of — it weighed a and was set with precious stones — and it was placed on David’s head. He also carried off a huge amount of plunder from the city.He brought out the people who were in it and with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at . That was when Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the , and the Philistines were subdued.There was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of , whose spear had a shaft like a .In yet another battle with the Philistines at , there was a huge man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot — twenty-four in all. He too was descended from the Rephaim.When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of , David’s brother, killed him.These were the descendants of the Rephaim in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.