1 Nå om våren, når kongene pleier å dra i krig, dro Joab ut i spissen for hæren og ødela hele ammonittenes land og beleiret Rabbah. Men David ble værende i Jerusalem. Joab erobret Rabbah og ødela byen.

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

2 David tok kronen av Milkom fra hodet hans; den veide en talent gull og var utsmykket med kostbare steiner. Denne kronen ble satt på Davids hode, og han tok en stor mengde gods fra byen.

And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

3 Han tok folket ut av byen og satte dem til arbeid med trehogstredskaper, jernknusere og økser. Dette gjorde han i alle ammonittenes byer. Så dro David og hele folket tilbake til Jerusalem.

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

4 Etter dette var det krig med filisterne ved Gezer; da drepte Sibbekai generen Sippai, en av etterkommerne fra Rafaim, og de ble overvunnet.

Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.

5 Igjen var det krig med filisterne, og Elhanan, sønn av Jair, drepte Lahmi, broren til Goliat fra Gat, som hadde en spydstamme som en vevstaver.

And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

6 Igjen var det krig ved Gat, hvor det var en veldig høy mann, som hadde tjuefire fingre og tær, seks på hver hånd og fot; han var en av etterkommerne fra Rafaim.

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

7 Da han hånte Israel, drepte Jonatan, sønn av Shimea, Davids bror, ham.

And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

8 Disse var etterkommere av Rafaim i Gat; de ble drept av David og hans menn.

These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.