Hebrew-English Text
I. Summary
David’s forces continue their winning streak by pillaging the cities of Ammon and quelling a Philistine insurgency.
II. Photo
David faced enemies with superhuman qualities: “Once again there was fighting at Gath. There was a giant of a man who had twenty-four fingers [and toes], six [on each hand] and six [on each foot]; he too was descended from the Raphah.” (v. 6)
III. Important Verses
v. 2: David took the crown from the head of their king; he found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones. It was placed on David’s head. He also carried off a vast amount of booty from the city.
v. 3: He led out the people who lived there and he hacked them with saws and iron threshing boards and axes; David did thus to all the towns of Ammon. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.
vv. 5-7: Again there was fighting with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite; his spear had a shaft like a weaver’s beam. Once again there was fighting at Gath. There was a giant of a man who had twenty-four fingers [and toes], six [on each hand] and six [on each foot]; he too was descended from the Raphah. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimea killed him.
IV. Outline
1-3. David pillages the Ammonite cities
4-8. David quells the Philistine insurgency in Gath
V. Comment
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VI. Works Used
(see “Commentaries” page)
De Vries, Simon J. “1 and 2 Chronicles,” The Forms of Old Testament Literature vol. 11 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1989).
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