Primo libro delle Cronache 20

BIBBIA CEI 2008	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Now it happened that, after the course of a year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, Joab gathered an army with experienced soldiers, and he laid waste to the land of the sons of Ammon. And he continued on and besieged Rabbah. But David was staying in Jerusalem when Joab struck 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 Then David took the crown of Milcom from his head, and he found in it the weight of one talent of gold, and very precious gems. And he made for himself a diadem from it. Also, he took the best spoils of the city, which were very many.
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 Then he led away the people who were in it. And he caused plows, and sleds, and iron chariots to go over them, so much so that they were cut apart and crushed. So did David treat all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And he returned with all his people 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 After these things, a war was begun at Gezer against the Philistines, in which Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai from the race of the Rephaim, and he humbled them.
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 Also, another war was undertaken against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus, a son of the forest, a Bethlehemite, struck the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear 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 Then too, another war occurred in Gath, in which there was a very tall man, having six digits, that is, all together twenty-four. This man too was born from the stock of the Rephaim.
7 Egli sfidò Israele, ma Giònata, figlio di Simeà, fratello di Davide, lo uccise.	7 He blasphemed Israel. And Jonathan, the son of Shimea, the brother of David, struck him down. These were the sons of the Rephaim in Gath, who fell by the hand of David and his servants.
8 Questi erano i discendenti di Rafa, a Gat. Essi caddero per mano di Davide e dei suoi uomini.