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1 Chronicles 20 (NET)
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1 Chronicles 20:11In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:12 Sam 12:26-31Amos 1:14Deut 3:11Jer 49:2-31 Kgs 20:221 Kgs 20:262 Kgs 13:202 Sam 11:16-252 Sam 17:27
1 Chronicles 20:22David took the crown from the head of their king and wore it (its weight was a talent of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 18:112 Sam 12:30-312 Sam 8:11-12
1 Chronicles 20:33He removed the city’s residents and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 19:2-51 Kgs 9:212 Sam 12:31Exod 1:14Josh 9:23Judg 8:16-17Judg 8:6-7Ps 21:8-9
1 Chronicles 20:44Later there was a battle with the Philistines in Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:18-221 Chr 11:292 Sam 21:15Josh 12:12Josh 16:3
1 Chronicles 20:55There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:191 Sam 17:41 Sam 17:71 Sam 21:91 Sam 22:10
1 Chronicles 20:66In a battle in Gath there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:20
1 Chronicles 20:77When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:131 Sam 16:91 Sam 17:101 Sam 17:261 Sam 17:36Isa 37:23
1 Chronicles 20:88These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by the hand of David and his soldiers.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:31Eccl 9:11Jer 9:23Josh 14:12
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