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I Chronicles Chapter 20

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I Chronicles

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In this chapter the people of Israel defeat the Ammonites after Ahithophel, their chief, is killed. The victory is attributed to God's power and the loyalty of the Israelites. It shows that God rewards faithfulness and punishes rebellion.

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(1) And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

II Samuel 11:1I Kings 20:22I Kings 20:26II Kings 13:20Isaiah 6:11Isaiah 54:16Deuteronomy 3:11II Samuel 12:26II Samuel 17:27Jeremiah 49:2Jeremiah 49:3Ezekiel 21:20

Related verses (shared words)

II Samuel 11:1I Kings 2:28II Samuel 12:26Daniel 11:25II Samuel 10:14II Samuel 12:27

(2) And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Chronicles 18:11II Samuel 8:11II Samuel 8:12

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II Samuel 12:30I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10II Chronicles 32:27II Chronicles 20:25Revelation 18:12

(3) And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Chronicles 19:2I Chronicles 19:3I Chronicles 19:4I Chronicles 19:5Psalms 21:8Psalms 21:9Exodus 1:14Joshua 9:23Judges 8:6Judges 8:7Judges 8:16Judges 8:17

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II Samuel 12:31Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41II Samuel 10:14

(4) And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

II Samuel 21:15Joshua 12:12Joshua 16:3II Samuel 21:18II Samuel 21:19II Samuel 21:20II Samuel 21:21II Samuel 21:22I Chronicles 11:29

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II Samuel 21:18Judges 16:30I Samuel 4:2I Samuel 18:27I Samuel 19:8I Samuel 31:2

(5) And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

II Samuel 21:19I Samuel 17:4I Samuel 21:9I Samuel 22:10

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II Samuel 21:19I Chronicles 11:23II Samuel 23:21I Samuel 17:7Genesis 38:25I Samuel 12:3

(6) And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

II Samuel 21:20

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II Samuel 21:20I Samuel 17:4I Chronicles 7:2I Chronicles 23:4I Chronicles 26:17Ezra 2:67

(7) But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I Samuel 17:10I Samuel 17:26I Samuel 17:36Isaiah 37:23I Chronicles 2:13I Samuel 16:9

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II Samuel 21:21I Samuel 14:13I Samuel 19:7

(8) These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 14:12Ecclesiastes 9:11Jeremiah 9:23Romans 8:31

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II Samuel 21:22Judges 5:27II Samuel 21:20

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