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| [1]ויהי לעת תשובת השנה לעת צאת המלכים וינהג יואב את חיל הצבא וישחת את ארץ בני עמון ויבא ויצר את רבה ודויד ישב בירושלם ויך יואב את רבה ויהרסה |
[1]AND it came to pass that in the next year, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab mobilized the armed forces and came and encamped against the land of the children of Ammon and took some of the towns, and came and besieged Rabbath their capital city. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab captured Rabbath and destroyed it. |
| [2]ויקח דויד את עטרת מלכם מעל ראשו וימצאה משקל ככר זהב ובה אבן יקרה ותהי על ראש דויד ושלל העיר הוציא הרבה מאד |
[2]And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and he weighed it and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and David set it upon his head; and he brought also much spoil out of the city. |
| [3]ואת העם אשר בה הוציא וישר במגרה ובחריצי הברזל ובמגרות וכן יעשה דויד לכל ערי בני עמון וישב דויד וכל העם ירושלם |
[3]And he brought out the people who were in it, and bound them with chains, iron bands, locks and fetters. And thus David did bind all of them, and did likewise to all men who were found in the cities of the children of Ammon; but he did not kill any one of them; and he brought them and settled them in the villages of the land of Israel. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem |
| [4]ויהי אחרי כן ותעמד מלחמה בגזר עם פלשתים אז הכה סבכי החשתי את ספי מילידי הרפאים־ויכנעו |
[4]And it came to pass after this that there arose war at Gaza with the Philistines; then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants. |
| [5]ותהי עוד מלחמה את פלשתים ויך אלחנן בן יעור [Q: יעיר] את לחמי אחי גלית הגתי־ועץ חניתו כמנור ארגים |
[5]And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi of the descendants of the giants, who was the brother of Goliath the mighty man of Gath, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. |
| [6]ותהי עוד מלחמה בגת ויהי איש מדה ואצבעתיו שש ושש עשרים וארבע וגם הוא נולד להרפא |
[6]And 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; he also was the son of a giant. |
| [7]ויחרף את ישראל ויכהו יהונתן בן שמעא אחי דויד |
[7]But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. |
| [8]אל נולדו להרפא בגת ויפלו ביד דויד וביד עבדיו |
[8]These four were born to the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants |