1-3 Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured 4-8 Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the Philistines.

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And it came 2Sa 11:1

after the year was expired [heb] at the return of the year 1Ki 20:22,26 2Ki 13:20

wasted Isa 6:11 54:16

Rabbah De 3:11 Am 1:14

Joab smote 2Sa 11:16-25 12:26-31

2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

it [heb] the weight of it
and he brought 1Ch 18:11 2Sa 8:11,12

3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

And he 1Ch 19:2-5 Ps 21:8,9

and cut instead of {wyyasar,} `and he cut,' the parallel passage is {wyasem,} `and he put them;' which is also the reading here of seven MSS collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc. of human beings, have no more place in the text, that they had in David's conduct towards the Ammonites.

with saws Ex 1:14 Jos 9:23 Jud 8:6,7,16,17 1Ki 9:21

4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

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there arose. or, there continued [heb] there stood 2Sa 21:15

Gezer. or, Gob Jos 12:12 16:3 2Sa 21:18

Sibbechai Sippai 2Sa 21:18

Saph
the giant. or, Rapha

5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

Jair 2Sa 21:19

Jaare-oregim
Goliath 1Sa 17:4 21:9 22:10 2Sa 21:19

6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

of great stature [heb] of measure 2Sa 21:20

the son of the giant [heb] born to the giant. or Tapha

7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

defied. or, reproached 1Sa 17:10,26,36 Isa 37:23

Shimea 1Ch 2:13

Shimma 1Sa 16:9

Shammah

8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

the fell Jos 14:12 Ec 9:11 Jer 9:23 Ro 8:31