1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.stylus2 Samuel 11:1, 2 Samuel 11:1, Deuteronomy 3:11, Amos 1:14, 2 Samuel 12:262Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.stylus2 Samuel 12:30, 2 Samuel 12:31, 2 Samuel 8:11, 2 Samuel 8:12, 1 Chronicles 18:113David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.stylus1 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Chronicles 19:5, 1 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Chronicles 19:5, Joshua 9:234Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.stylus2 Samuel 21:18, 2 Samuel 21:22, 2 Samuel 21:18, 2 Samuel 21:22, Joshua 12:125Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.stylus2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 21:19, 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Samuel 17:4, 1 Samuel 17:76And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,stylus2 Samuel 21:20, 2 Samuel 21:207and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.stylus1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Samuel 16:9, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Samuel 16:9, Isaiah 37:238So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.stylusRomans 8:31, Romans 8:31, Joshua 14:12, Jeremiah 9:23, Ecclesiastes 9:11