1 Chronicles 20:4

And it came to pass afterward that there was again war with the Philistines in Gezer: then Sibbecai the Hushathite smote Sippai of the sons of the giants, and laid him low.

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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 brought out the people that were in it, and sawed them asunder with saws, and cut them with iron axes, and with harrows: and thus David did to all the children of Ammon. And David and all his people returned to Jerusalem.

5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair smote Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear was as a weavers’ beam.

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Cross References

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

2 Samuel 21:15And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.

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

1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, belonging to Zerah: and in his division were twenty and 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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