1st Chronicles Chapter 20

Destruction of Rabbah

20:1 AND it so happened, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joabיוֹאָב‎
Modern: Yōʼav, the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army means ‘YHVH [is] father – For more info click here led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammonעַמּוֹן‎
Transliteration: ʿammôn Pronunciation: am-mone’ Ammon = “tribal” From Ben-ammi son of Lot and his youngest daughter click here Referring to the Ammonites (or sons of Ammon) the people living in Transjordan., and came and besieged Rabbah. But Davidוְדָוִיד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here stayed in Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ‎
Transliteration: bîrûšālām – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here. And Joabיוֹאָב‎
Modern: Yōʼav, the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army means ‘YHVH [is] father – For more info click here struck Rabbah, and destroyed it.
20:2 And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent The Biblical weight of a talent is equal to approximately 34 kilograms or 74.96lbs of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set on David’sדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here head: and he brought also exceeding much plunder out of the city.
20:3 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 Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here dealt with all the cities of the sons of Ammonעַמּוֹן‎
Transliteration: ʿammôn Pronunciation: am-mone’ Ammon = “tribal” From Ben-ammi son of Lot and his youngest daughter click here Referring to the Ammonites (or sons of Ammon) the people living in Transjordan.. And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here and all the people returned to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here.

Philistine giants killed

20:4 And it so happened after this, that there rose up war at Gezer (or Gazer) with the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎
Transliteration: pᵊlištî; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) Philistine = “immigrants” were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age.  – For more info click here; at which time Sibbechai (or Sibbecai) the Hushasite killed Sippai (meaning threshold), that was of the sons of the Rephaimהָרְפָאִים‎
Transliteration: hārp̄ā’îm – giants, Rephaim For more info click here : and they were subdued.
20:5 And there was war again with the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎
Transliteration: pᵊlištî; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) Philistine = “immigrants” were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age.  – For more info click here; and Elhanan the son of Jair (also called ‘Jaare-oregim’) killed Lahmi (meaning my bread) the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
20:6 And yet again there was war in Gathבְּגַת ‎
Transliteration: bᵊḡaṯ – Gath = “winepress” one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath  – For more info click here, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty four, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the Rephaimלְהָרָפָא‎
Transliteration: lᵊhārāp̄ā’ – to the giants, to the Rephaim For more info click here .
20:7 But when he defied Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָן‎
(/sɔːl/;, Transliteration:yᵊhônāṯān Pronunciation: yeh-ho-naw-thawn’ – Jonathan or Jehonathan = “Jehovah has given” 1. a son of king Saul and a friend of David – 2. a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear – 3. a nephew of David who like David slew a giant of Gath – 4. an uncle of David – 5. one of David’s mighty warriors 6. one of David’s treasurers – 7. a scribe in the time of Jeremiah – 8. a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall – 9. a son or descendant of Gershom, the son of Moses, and a priest to the tribe of Dan – 10. a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem  – For more info click here the son of Shimea David’sדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here brother killed him.
20:8 These were born to the giant in Gathבְּגַת ‎
Transliteration: bᵊḡaṯ – Gath = “winepress” one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath  – For more info click here; and they fell by the hand of Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here, and by the hand of his servants.