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1 Le cours de l'année ramena le temps où les rois se mettent en campagne. Joab emmena toutes les forces de l'armée, et il ravagea la contrée des fils d'Ammon; il assiégea ensuite Rhabba, pendant que David était resté à Jérusalem; Joab prit Rhabba (Rabbath), et la détruisit.

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 Et David prit sur la tête du roi Molchom sa couronne, qui pesait un talent d'or, et qui était ornée de pierres précieuses; elle allait à la tête de David; enfin, il rapporta de cette ville un immense butin.

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 Et il emmena tout le peuple qui l'habitait, et il l'extermina en plaçant les uns sous des scies, les autres sous des haches de fer, d'autres sous la cognée du bûcheron. Ce fut ainsi que David traita tous les fils d'Ammon, et David et tout le peuple retournèrent à Jérusalem.

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 Ensuite, la guerre recommença avec les Philistins de Gazer. Alors, Sobochaï le Sasathite tua Saphut, de la race des géants, après l'avoir humilié.

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 Et il y eut une autre guerre avec les Philistins; et Eléanan, fils de Jaïr, tua Lachmi, frère de Goliath de Geth, qui portait une lance comme le mât d'un tisserand.

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 Et il y eut encore une guerre avec Geth. Or, il y avait un homme de grande taille, issu des géants, et qui avait vingt-quatre doigts, six à chaque main, et six à chaque pied.

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 Et il insulta Israël; et Jonathas, dis de Semas, frère de David, le tua. Ces hommes étaient de la race de Rhapha de Geth.

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

8 Ils étaient quatre, tous géants, et ils tombèrent sous les coups de David et de ses serviteurs.

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