Primo libro delle Cronache 20

BIBBIA CEI 2008	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 All’inizio dell’anno successivo, al tempo in cui i re sono soliti andare in guerra, Ioab, alla testa di un forte esercito, devastò il territorio degli Ammoniti, quindi andò ad assediare Rabbà, mentre Davide rimaneva a Gerusalemme. Ioab occupò e distrusse Rabbà.	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 Davide prese dalla testa di Milcom la corona e trovò che pesava un talento d’oro e aveva una pietra preziosa; essa fu posta sulla testa di Davide. Egli ricavò dalla città un bottino molto grande.	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.
3 Ne fece uscire gli abitanti e li impiegò alle seghe, ai picconi di ferro e alle asce. Allo stesso modo Davide trattò tutte le città degli Ammoniti. Poi Davide tornò a Gerusalemme con tutta la sua gente.	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.
4 Dopo questo, ci fu una battaglia con i Filistei, a Ghezer. Allora Sibbecài di Cusa uccise Sippài, dei discendenti dei Refaìm. I Filistei furono soggiogati.	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.
5 Ci fu un’altra battaglia con i Filistei ed Elcanan, figlio di Iair, uccise Lacmì, fratello di Golia di Gat: l’asta della sua lancia era come un cilindro da tessitori.	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.
6 Ci fu un’altra battaglia a Gat, dove c’era un uomo di grande statura, con le dita a sei a sei, in tutto ventiquattro, e anche lui era discendente di Rafa.	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.
7 Egli sfidò Israele, ma Giònata, figlio di Simeà, fratello di Davide, lo uccise.	7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 Questi erano i discendenti di Rafa, a Gat. Essi caddero per mano di Davide e dei suoi uomini.	8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.