1 Chronicles 20 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And it came to pass, at the time of the turn of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, that Joab led forth the force of the army, and laid waste the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah, but, David, was tarrying in Jerusalem,––and Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it. ² And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it weighed a talent of gold, and, therein, were precious stones, and it was [set] on the head of David,––and, the spoil of the city, brought he forth, in great abundance; ³ and, the people that were therein, brought he forth, and cut with the saw and with threshing sledges of iron and with axes, thus also, used David to do unto all the cities of the son of Ammon,––and David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
⁴ And it came to pass, after this, that there was yet again a battle in Gezer, with the Philistines,––then, Sibbecai the Hushathite smote Sippai of the children of the giants, and they were subdued. ⁵ And there again came to be a battle with the Philistines,––and Elhanan son of Jair smote Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear, was like a weaver’s beam. ⁶ And there again came to be war with Gath,––where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes, six on each hand and foot, were four and twenty, and, he also, had been born unto the giant. ⁷ But, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan, son of Shimea brother of David, smote him. ⁸ These, were born unto the giant in Gath,––but they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

¹¹ For, only Og, king of Bashan, was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath, of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof, and, four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore–arm of a man.

¹ And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon, and laid siege to Rabbah,––but, David, was remaining in Jerusalem.

¹⁶ So it came to pass, when Joab was laying siege to the city, that he put Uriah in the place where he knew that the men of valour, were. ¹⁷ And forth sallied the men of the city, and fought with Joab, and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David,––then died also, Uriah the Hittite. ¹⁸ So Joab sent and told David all the news of the battle; ¹⁹ and he charged the messenger saying,––When thou hast ended all the news of the battle, in speaking unto the king, ²⁰ then shall it be, if the king’s anger arise, and he say unto thee, Why came ye near unto the city, to fight? Knew ye not, that they would shoot from off the wall? ²¹ Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbaal? Did not, a woman, cast on him an upper millstone from off the wall, that he died, in Thebez? Wherefore came ye near unto the wall? Then shalt thou say––Moreover, thy servant, Uriah the Hittite, died. ²² And the messenger went his way,––and came in, and told David, all that Joab had sent him [to tell]. ²³ And the messenger said unto David, The men were too strong for us, and sallied forth against us, in the field,––so we were drawn against them as far as the opening of the gate. ²⁴ Then did the archers shoot upon thy servants, from off the wall, and there died some of the servants of the king,––moreover also, thy servant, Uriah the Hittite, died. ²⁵ Then said David unto the messenger––Thus, shalt thou say unto Joab,––Let not this thing be grievous in thine eyes, for, now this one, and then that one, doth the sword devour,––make hot thy battle against the city, and overthrow it; Thus embolden thou him.

²⁶ And Joab fought against Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon,––and captured the royal city. ²⁷ Then Joab sent messengers unto David,––and said––I have fought against Rabbah, I have also captured the city of the waters. ²⁸ Now, therefore, gather thou together the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it,––lest, I, capture the city, and it be called by my name. ²⁹ So David gathered together all the people, and went to Rabbah,––and fought against it, and captured it. ³⁰ Then took he the crown of Milcom from off his head, the weight thereof, being a talent of gold, with the precious stones, and it remained on the head of David,––the spoil of the city also, brought he forth in great abundance; ³¹ the people also that were therein, brought he forth, and put them to the saw, and to threshing sledges of iron, and to axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln, and thus used he to do unto all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when David entered Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, of Rogelim,

²² Then drew near the prophet, unto the king of Israel, and said unto him––Go strengthen thyself, and mark and see, what thou wilt do,––for, at the return of the year, is, the king of Syria, coming up against thee.

²⁶ And so it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians,––and came up to Aphek, to fight with Israel;

²⁰ And Elisha died, and they buried him,––now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year;

¹¹ Then said I––How long, My Lord? And he said––Until the time that, Cities be wasted, through, having no inhabitant, And houses––through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation;

¹⁶ Lo! I, have created the smith, who bloweth up a fire of coals, And who bringeth forth an instrument for his work,––And, I, have created the waster to destroy:

² Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When I will cause to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, an alarm of war, So shall she become a mound of desolation, And, her villages, with fire, shall blaze,––Then shall, Israel, inherit them, who inherited him, Saith Yahweh. ³ Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled, Make outcry, ye daughters of Rabbah, Gird you with sackcloth, Lament ye, and run to and fro among the fences,––For, Malkam, into captivity, shall go, His priests and his princes, together.

²⁰ A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword, to enter, Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,––And to Judah, against Jerusalem, the defenced,

⁵ And I will make of Rabbah a home for camels, And the sons of Ammon a couching–place for flocks, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹⁴ Therefore will I kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, which shall devour the palaces thereof,––with a war–cry in the day of battle, with tempest in the day of storm–wind;

¹¹ Them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh,––with the silver and the gold which he had hallowed from all the nations which he had subdued: ¹² from Syria, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek,––and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹¹ them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh, with the silver and the gold, that he bare away from all the nations,––from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

¹⁴ and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field,––all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve.

²³ Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,––and ye shall not cease to be in bond–service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.

⁶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the palms of the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy power,––that we should give to thine army bread? ⁷ And Gideon said, Therefore, when Yahweh hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the nettles.

¹⁶ So he took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness and the nettles, and taught therewith the men of Succoth: ¹⁷ the tower of Penuel also, brake he down,––and slew the men of the city.

³¹ the people also that were therein, brought he forth, and put them to the saw, and to threshing sledges of iron, and to axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln, and thus used he to do unto all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

²¹ their sons, who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able to devote to destruction, Solomon levied them for a toiling labour–band [which remaineth] unto this day.

² Then said David––I will show lovingkindness unto Hanun, son of Nahash,––for his father shewed unto me lovingkindness. So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father,––and the servants of David came into the land of the sons of Ammon unto Hanun, to console him. ³ Then said the rulers of the sons of Ammon unto Hanun, Doth David honour thy father in thine eyes, that he hath sent to thee comforters? Is it not, for the sake of exploring and overthrowing, and spying out the land, that his servants have come to thee? ⁴ So Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off their upper garments in the middle, as far as their parts of shame,––and let them go. ⁵ And people went and told David, concerning the men, so he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed,––and the king said––Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁸ Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence,––Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

¹² The king of Eglon, one, the king of Gezer, one,

³ and descendeth westward, unto the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Bethhoron the nether, and as far as Gezer,––and the extensions thereof are to the sea.

¹⁵ And the Philistines had yet again a war with Israel,––so David went down, and his servants with him, and fought the Philistines, and David became faint.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, after this, that there was yet again a battle in Gob, with the Philistines,––then, Sibbekai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant. ¹⁹ And there was yet again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,––when Elhanan son of Jaare–oregim of Bethlehem, smote Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ And there was yet again a battle in Gath; when there was a man of stature, with six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty–four in number; he also, having been born to the giant; ²¹ but, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah David’s brother, smote, him. ²² These four, had been born to the giant in Gath,––but they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

²⁹ Sibbecai, the Hushathite, Ilai, the Ahohite;

⁴ And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath,––his height, six cubits and a span;

⁷ and, the shaft of his spear, was like a weaver’s beam, and, the flashing head of his spear, was six hundred shekels of iron,––and, his shield–bearer, was coming on before him.

⁹ And the priest said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David said––There is none, like it, give it me.

¹⁰ Then enquired he for him of Yahweh, Provisions also, gave he unto him,––and, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, gave he unto him.

¹⁹ And there was yet again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,––when Elhanan son of Jaare–oregim of Bethlehem, smote Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ And there was yet again a battle in Gath; when there was a man of stature, with six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty–four in number; he also, having been born to the giant;

⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by,––and he said––Nor of this one, hath Yahweh made choice.

¹⁰ And the Philistine said––I, reproach the ranks of Israel, this day,––give me a man, that we may fight together.

²⁶ Then spake David unto the men that were standing by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that shall smite yonder Philistine, and so shall take away reproach from off Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God?

³⁶ Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear,––and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God.

¹³ and, Jesse, begat––his firstborn, Eliab,––and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third;

²³ Whom, hast thou reproached, and insulted? And, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? Yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel.

¹² Now, therefore, give me this mountain, whereof Yahweh spake, on that day,––for, thou thyself, didst hear, on that day, that, Anakim, were there, and great cities fortified, if so be Yahweh be with me, then shall I dispossess them, as spake Yahweh.

¹¹ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well–informed, comeliness,––for, time and accident, happened to them all.

²³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Let not, the wise man, glory, in his wisdom, Neither let, the mighty man, glory, in his might,––Let not, the rich man, glory, in his riches;

³¹ What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?