1 Chronik 20
1 Zur Zeit der Jahreswende, zur Zeit, wenn die Könige ins Feld ziehen, führte Joab das Heer ins Feld und verheerte das Ammoniterland. Dann zog er hin und belagerte Rabba. David aber blieb in Jerusalem. Dann erstürmte Joab Rabba und zerstörte es.
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 aber nahm dem Milkom seine Krone vom Kopf und fand, daß sie ein Talent Gold wog. Kostbare Edelsteine waren daran, und sie paßte auf Davids Haupt. Die Beute der Stadt führte er in großer Menge weg.
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 Das Volk aber, das darin war, führte er heraus. Dann legte er Feuerbrände an und hieb und stach mit Eisen darein. So tat David mit all den anderen Ammoniterstädten. Dann kehrte David mit dem ganzen Volk nach Jerusalem zurück.
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 Hernach kam es nochmals mit den Philistern in Gezer zum Kampf. Damals erlegte der Chusatite Sibkai den Sippai, eines der Riesenkinder. So wurden sie gedemütigt.
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 Nochmals war ein Kampf mit den Philistern. Da schlug Jairs Sohn Elchanan den Gatiter Lachmi, Goliats Bruder, dessen Speerschaft einem Weberbaume glich.
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 Nochmals war ein Kampf bei Gat. Da war ein riesenlanger Mensch, der je sechs Finger und Zehen hatte, also vierundzwanzig, und der gleichfalls von den Riesen stammte.
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 Als er Israel höhnte, schlug ihn Jonatan, der Sohn Simeas, des Bruders Davids.
And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.
8 Diese stammten von den Riesen zu Gat und fielen durch Davids und seiner Diener Hand.
These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.
