Here is a repetition of the story of David's wars, I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, ver. 1-3. II. With the giants of the Philistines, ver. 4-8.
The Defeat of the Ammonites. (b. c. 1306.)
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1 Chronicles 20
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And it came: 2 Samuel 11:1
after the year was expired: Heb. at the return of the year, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:26; 2 Kings 13:20
wasted: Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 54:16
Rabbah:…