I Chronicles 20
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וַיְהִ֡י לְעֵת֩ תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת ׀ צֵ֣את הַמְּלָכִ֗ים וַיִּנְהַ֣ג יוֹאָב֩ אֶת־חֵ֨יל הַצָּבָ֜א וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת ׀ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֗וֹן וַיָּבֹא֙ וַיָּ֣צַר אֶת־רַבָּ֔ה וְדָוִ֖יד יֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיַּ֥ךְ יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־רַבָּ֖ה וַיֶּהֶרְסֶֽהָ׃
vayehi le'et teshuvat hashanah le'et tset hammelakhim vayyinhag yo'av et-khel hatsava vayyashkhet et-erets bene-ammon vayyavo vayyatsar et-rabbah vedavid yoshev birushalai͏m vayyakh yo'av et-rabbah vayyeherseha
At the turn of the year, the season when kings go out [to battle], Joab led out the army force and devastated the land of Ammon, and then besieged Rabbah, while David remained in Jerusalem; Joab reduced Rabbah and left it in ruins.
וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֣יד אֶת־עֲטֶֽרֶת־מַלְכָּם֩ מֵעַ֨ל רֹאשׁ֜וֹ וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֣הּ ׀ מִשְׁקַ֣ל כִּכַּר־זָהָ֗ב וּבָהּ֙ אֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֔ה וַתְּהִ֖י עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ דָּוִ֑יד וּשְׁלַ֥ל הָעִ֛יר הוֹצִ֖יא הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
vayyiqqakh david et-ateret-malkam me'al rosho vayyimtsa'ah mishqal kikkar-zahav uvah even yeqarah vattehi al-rosh david ushelal ha'ir hotsi harbeh me'od
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.
וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שׇׁב דָּוִ֛יד וְכׇל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {ס}
ve'et-ha'am asher-bah hotsi vayyasar bammegerah uvakharitse habbarzel uvammegerot vekhen ya'aseh david lekhol are vene-ammon vayyashov david vekhol-ha'am yerushalai͏m
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.
וַֽיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַתַּעֲמֹ֧ד מִלְחָמָ֛ה בְּגֶ֖זֶר עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֞ה סִבְּכַ֣י הַחֻשָׁתִ֗י אֶת־סִפַּ֛י מִילִידֵ֥י הָרְפָאִ֖ים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃
vayehi akhare-khen vatta'amod milkhamah begezer im-pelishtim az hikkah sibbekhay hakhushati et-sippay milide harefa'im vayyikkane'u
After this, fighting broke out with the Philistines at Gezer; that was when Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and they were humbled.
וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־[יָעִ֗יר] (יעור) אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גׇּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃ {ס}
vattehi-od milkhamah et-pelishtim vayyakh elkhanan ben-[ya'ir] (yvr) et-lakhmi akhi golyat haggitti ve'ets khanito kimnor oregim
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.
וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃
vattehi-od milkhamah begat vayehi ish middah ve'etsbe'otayw shesh-vashesh esrim ve'arba vegam-hu nolad leharafa
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.
וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖א אֲחִ֥י דָוִֽיד׃
vayekharef et-yisra'el vayyakkehu yehonatan ben-shima akhi david
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimea killed him.
אֵ֛ל נוּלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖א בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־דָּוִ֖יד וּבְיַד־עֲבָדָֽיו׃ {פ}
el nulledu leharafa begat vayyippelu veyad-david uveyad-avadayw
These were descended from the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his men.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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