{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/1-chronicles/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:10.014Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"1 Chronicles","bookSlug":"1-chronicles","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":29,"totalVerses":8},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass after the course of a year, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab gathered together an army and the strength of the troops, and wasted the land of the children of Ammon: and went and besieged Rabba. But David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab smote Rabba, and destroyed it. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And David took the crown of Melchom from his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and most precious stones, and he made himself a diadem of it: he took also the spoils of the city which were very great. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the people that were therein he brought out: and made harrows, and sleds, and chariots of iron to go over them, so that they were cut and bruised to pieces: in this manner David dealt with all the cities of the children of Ammon : and he returned with alibis people to Jerusalem. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"After this there arose a war at Gazer against the Philistines: in which Sabachai the Husathite slew Saphai of the race of Raphaim, and humbled them. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Another battle also was fought against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of Saltus a Bethlehemite slew the brother of Goliath the Gethite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"There was another battle also in Geth, in which there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand and foot: who also was born of the stock of Rapha. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"These were the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the hand of David and his servants. "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Chronicles 20 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Chronicles 20](https://primebible.com/drb/1-chronicles/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-chronicles/20 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}