1Næste forår omkring den tid, hvor kongerne sædvanligvis drager i krig, rykkede Joab ud med den israelitiske hær. De besejrede den ammonitiske hær og belejrede Rabba.[1] Men David selv blev hjemme i Jerusalem. Joab angreb Rabba og ødelagde den. (2.Sam 11,1; 2.Sam 12,30)2Da David kort efter ankom til Rabba, fjernede han kronen fra ammonitterkongens[2] hoved og satte den på sit eget. Den vejede over 30 kg og var lavet af guld, og der var en stor ædelsten på den. Desuden tog han et stort krigsbytte. (1.Kong 11,5)3Byens befolkning tog han som krigsfanger og satte dem til at arbejde med save, hakker og økser. På samme måde gik det indbyggerne fra de øvrige byer i ammonitternes land. Derefter vendte David og hæren tilbage til Jerusalem.
Flere kæmper blandt filistrene bliver dræbt
4Senere, da israelitterne kæmpede mod filistrene ved Gezer, dræbte Sibbekaj fra Husha en filister af den frygtede Rafa-slægt, en mand ved navn Sippaj, hvorefter filistrene overgav sig. (2.Sam 21,18)5Under en anden kamp mod filistrene lykkedes det Elhanan, Jairs søn, at dræbe en filister ved navn Lahmi, en bror til Goliat, hvis spydskaft var på størrelse med en vævebom.6Og en anden gang, da israelitterne kæmpede mod filistrene ved Gat, var der en kæmpe af Rafa-slægten med seks fingre på hver hånd og seks tæer på hver fod.7Han hånede Israel, men Jonatan,[3] en søn af Davids bror Shima, dræbte ham. (2.Sam 13,3)8Disse filistre, der tilhørte kæmpeslægten Rafa fra Gat, blev hugget ned af Davids mænd.
1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it. (2.Sam 11,1; 2.Sam 12,26)2And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent[1] of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. (2.Sam 12,30)3And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor[2] with saws and iron picks and axes.[3] And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. (2.Sam 12,31)
Philistine Giants Killed
4And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. (2.Sam 21,18)5And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. (2.Sam 21,19)6And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.7And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down. (1.Sam 16,9; 1.Sam 17,13; 2.Sam 13,3; 1.Krøn 2,13)8These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.