¹And 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.

¹約押攻取拉巴（撒下12:26~31）過了年，在列王出征的時候，約押帶領軍兵，毀壞了亞捫人的地方，然後去圍困拉巴。那時大衛住在耶路撒冷。約押攻打拉巴，把城摧毀。

²And 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.

²大衛從米勒公神像的頭上取下金冠，發現金子淨重三十公斤，又有一塊寶石嵌在上面；有人把這冠冕戴在大衛的頭上；大衛從城裡奪走了大批戰利品。

³And 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.

³又把城裡的眾民拉出來，要他們用鋸子、鐵鏟和斧子作工；大衛待亞捫各城的人都是這樣。後來大衛和眾民都回耶路撒冷去了。

⁴And 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.

⁴三敗非利士人（撒下21:15~22）這事以後，以色列人在基色與非利士人交戰；那時戶沙人西比該擊殺了巨人的一個兒子細派，非利士人就被制伏了。

⁵And 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.

⁵後來，以色列人與非利士人再次交戰，睚珥的兒子伊勒哈難，擊殺了迦特人歌利亞的兄弟拉哈米；這人的槍桿好像織布機軸一樣。

⁶And 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.

⁶後來，在迦特又有戰事；那裡有一個身材高大的人，手腳各有六指，共有二十四根指頭；他也是巨人的兒子。

⁷But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

⁷這人侮辱以色列人，大衛的哥哥示米亞的兒子約拿單就把他擊殺了。

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

⁸這些人是迦特巨人的兒子，都死在大衛和他僕人的手下。