1 Chronicles 20:4

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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And 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.

5And 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.

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Cross References

Joshua 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

2 Samuel 21:15And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:

1 Chronicles 11:29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 20:2-4

The Defeat of the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1306.) 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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