1 Chronicles 20:4

_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS, THAT THERE AROSE WAR AT GEZER WITH THE PHILISTINES; AT WHICH TIME SIBBECHAI_ _ 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._ War at Gezer - or Gob (see the notes at 2 Samuel 21:18)....

See the marginal reference and notes....

EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter are all to be found in the work of Samuel, but woven in, in very different places. The cause of the first considerable difference of this kind is in connection with the occurrence of what would have seemed a mere casual detail of expression in our first verse, "But David tarried at Jerusalem," at which same statement, however, the writer of Samuel halts, to append all that then happened with David in the disastrous matter of Bathsheba and Uriah, occupying nearly two whole chapters—a history not recorded at all by the Chronicle compiler. Why David tarried at Jerusalem, and how far he did so legitimately and in harmony with the necessities of government, we know not, but certain it is, he was tempted to make the unhappiest use of his "tarrying at Jerusalem." 1 CHRONICLES 20:1 The fifteenth verse of th

See Gill "1Ch 20:1"....

CHAPTER 20 JOAB AND DAVID TAKE RABBAH _ 1. Rabbah destroyed (1 Chronicles 20:1)_ 2. The Philistine giants slain (1 Chronicles 20:4) Rabbah was the capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11; Joshua 13:25) and was taken by Joab. David tarried in Jerusalem (so fatal to him, 2 Samuel 11:1) and Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it. Then David appeared also upon the scene. Joab had summoned David to help in the overthrow of the city ...

THE AMMONITES SUBDUED (see notes on 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:30 f.). 1 CHRONICLES 20:4. INCIDENTS DURING THE PHILISTINE WAR (see notes on 2 Samuel 21:18)....

CHILDREN. those born. THE GIANT. Hebrew. _raphah,_. descendant of one _Rapha,_ who came of the _Nephilim._ See 2 Samuel 21:18, and App-23....

_at Gezer_ See 1 Chronicles 6:67, note. In 2 Samuel 5:25 it is said that David smote the Philistines "from Geba until thou come to Gezer." In 2 Sam. _at Gob_, but no place called Gob is known. _Sippai_ In 2 Sam. "Saph." _giant_ Heb. "Rapha"; the same Heb. word in the plu. "Rephaim" is translated "giants" in Deuteronomy 2:11, A.V. These Rephaim dwelt east of Jordan, but may have been akin to the Philistines....

_JOAB TAKES THE CITY OF RABBAH. THE PHILISTINES ARE THREE TIMES OVERCOME BY DAVID AND HIS SERVANTS._ _Before Christ 1037._ REFLECTIONS.—While Joab conquered the country of the Ammonites, David stayed at Jerusalem: we learn, with grief, to how bad purpose, 2 Samuel 11. Here his crime is passed over. A veil should be drawn ever the sins which are repented of, and they should no more be mentioned to a man's shame....

12. WARS WITH RABBAH AND THE PHILISTINES (1 Chronicles 20:1-8) 1 Chronicles 20:1. And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led forth 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 overthrew 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 forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 3. And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and