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Chapter 20
The Capture of Rabbah
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- In 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.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤕 𐤕𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤑𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤄𐤂 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤄𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤉𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤓𐤎𐤄
וַיְהִ֡י לְעֵת֩ תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת׀ הַמְּלָכִ֗ים צֵ֣את יוֹאָב֩ אֶת־ וַיִּנְהַ֣ג חֵ֨יל הַצָּבָ֜א וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת׀ אֶ֣רֶץ אֶת־ בְּנֵֽי־ עַמּ֗וֹן וַיָּבֹא֙ רַבָּ֔ה וַיָּ֣צַר אֶת־ וְדָוִ֖יד יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־ וַיַּ֥ךְ רַבָּ֖ה וַיֶּֽהֶרְסֶֽהָ׃ way·hî lə·‘êṯ tə·šū·ḇaṯ haš·šā·nāh lə·‘êṯ ham·mə·lā·ḵîm ṣêṯ yō·w·’āḇ ’eṯ- way·yin·haḡ ḥêl haṣ·ṣā·ḇā way·yaš·ḥêṯ ’e·reṣ ’eṯ- bə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn way·yā·ḇō rab·bāh way·yā·ṣar ’eṯ- wə·ḏā·wîḏ yō·šêḇ bî·rū·šā·lim yō·w·’āḇ ’eṯ- way·yaḵ rab·bāh way·ye·her·se·hā — WLC · 1
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Then 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.
𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤊𐤊𐤓 𐤆𐤄𐤁 𐤅𐤁𐤄 𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤁𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀 𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓
דָּוִ֣יד אֶת־ וַיִּקַּ֣ח עֲטֶֽרֶת־ מֵעַ֨ל רֹאשׁ֜וֹ מַלְכָּם֩ וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֣הּ׀ מִשְׁקַ֣ל כִּכַּר־ זָהָ֗ב וּבָהּ֙ יְקָרָ֔ה אֶ֣בֶן וַתְּהִ֖י עַל־ דָּוִ֑יד רֹ֣אשׁ הוֹצִ֖יא הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ וּשְׁלַ֥ל הָעִ֛יר dā·wîḏ ’eṯ- way·yiq·qaḥ ‘ă·ṭe·reṯ- mê·‘al rō·šōw mal·kām way·yim·ṣā·’āh miš·qal kik·kar- zā·hāḇ ū·ḇāh yə·qā·rāh ’e·ḇen wat·tə·hî ‘al- dā·wîḏ rōš hō·w·ṣî har·bêh mə·’ōḏ ū·šə·lal hā·‘îr — WLC · 2
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- [David] 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.
𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤂𐤓𐤄 𐤄𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤑𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤌𐤂𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤓𐤉 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤐
וְאֶת־ הוֹצִ֗יא הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֜הּ וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת דָוִ֔יד יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה וְכֵן֙ לְכֹ֖ל בְנֵי־ עַמּ֑וֹן עָרֵ֣י דָּוִ֛יד וְכָל־ הָעָ֖ם וַיָּ֧שָׁב יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ wə·’eṯ- hō·w·ṣî hā·‘ām ’ă·šer- bāh way·yā·śar bam·mə·ḡê·rāh hab·bar·zel ū·ḇa·ḥă·rî·ṣê ū·ḇam·mə·ḡê·rō·wṯ ḏā·wîḏ ya·‘ă·śeh wə·ḵên lə·ḵōl ḇə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn ‘ā·rê dā·wîḏ wə·ḵāl hā·‘ām way·yā·šāḇ yə·rū·šā·lim — WLC · 3
Battles against the Philistines
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Some 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.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤏𐤌 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤂𐤆𐤓 𐤀𐤆 𐤎𐤁𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤄 𐤎𐤐𐤉 𐤌𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤅
וַיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵיכֵ֔ן מִלְחָמָ֛ה וַתַּעֲמֹ֧ד עִם־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים בְּגֶ֖זֶר אָ֣ז סִבְּכַ֣י הַחֻֽשָׁתִ֗י אֶת־ הִכָּ֞ה סִפַּ֛י מִילִדֵ֥י הָרְפָאִ֖ים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃ way·hî ’a·ḥă·rê·ḵên mil·ḥā·māh wat·ta·‘ă·mōḏ ‘im- pə·liš·tîm bə·ḡe·zer ’āz sib·bə·ḵay ha·ḥu·šā·ṯî ’eṯ- hik·kāh sip·pay mî·li·ḏê hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm way·yik·kā·nê·‘ū — WLC · 4
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Once 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.
𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤏𐤅𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤏𐤑 𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤂𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤓
ע֥וֹד וַתְּהִי־ מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־ יָעוּר אֶת־ וַיַּ֞ךְ לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ אֹרְגִֽים׃ כִּמְנ֖וֹר ‘ō·wḏ wat·tə·hî- mil·ḥā·māh ’eṯ- pə·liš·tîm ’el·ḥā·nān ben- yå̄·ʿūr ’eṯ- way·yaḵ laḥ·mî ’ă·ḥî gā·lə·yāṯ hag·git·tî wə·‘êṣ ḥă·nî·ṯōw ’ō·rə·ḡîm kim·nō·wr — WLC · 5
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And there was also a 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,
𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤁𐤂𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤃𐤄 𐤔𐤔 𐤅𐤀𐤑𐤁𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤔 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤍𐤅𐤋𐤃 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤐𐤀
וַתְּהִי־ ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י׀ אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה שֵׁשׁ־ וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע ה֖וּא וְגַם־ נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃ wat·tə·hî- ‘ō·wḏ mil·ḥā·māh bə·ḡaṯ way·hî ’îš mid·dāh šêš- wə·’eṣ·bə·‘ō·ṯāw wā·šêš ‘eś·rîm wə·’ar·ba‘ hū wə·ḡam- nō·w·laḏ lə·hā·rā·p̄ā — WLC · 6
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and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤓𐤐 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤀𐤇𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤄𐤅
וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־ דָוִֽיד׃ אֲחִ֥י שִׁמְעָ֖א וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ way·ḥā·rêp̄ ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān ben- ḏā·wîḏ ’ă·ḥî šim·‘ā way·yak·kê·hū — WLC · 7
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So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David… and his servants.
𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤅𐤋𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤐𐤀 𐤁𐤂𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅𐤐
אֵ֛ל נוּלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖א בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־ דָּוִ֖יד וּבְיַד־ עֲבָדָֽיו׃פ ’êl nūl·lə·ḏū lə·hā·rā·p̄ā bə·ḡaṯ way·yip·pə·lū ḇə·yaḏ- dā·wîḏ ū·ḇə·yaḏ- ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw — WLC · 8