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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>F I R S T C H R O N I C L E S</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. XX.</FONT>
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Here is a repetition of the story of David's wars,
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I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+20:1-3">ver. 1-3</A>.
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II. With the giants of the Philistines,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+20:4-8">ver. 4-8</A>.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>The Defeat of the Ammonites.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1306.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the
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time that kings go out <I>to battle,</I> Joab led forth the power of
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the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and
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came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And
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Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
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2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and
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found it to weigh a talent of gold, and <I>there were</I> precious
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stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought
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also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
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3 And he brought out the people that <I>were</I> in it, and cut
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<I>them</I> with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even
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so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And
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David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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How the army of the Ammonites and their allies was routed in the field
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we read in the foregoing chapters. Here we have the destruction of
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Rabbah, the metropolis of their kingdom
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+20:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>),
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the putting of their king's crown upon David's head
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+20:2"><I>v.</I> 2</A>),
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and the great severity that was used towards the people,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+20:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>.
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Of this we had a more full account in
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Sa+11:1-12:31">
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2 Sam. xi., xii.</A>,
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and cannot but remember it by this sad token, that while Joab was
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besieging Rabbah David fell into that great sin in the matter of Uriah.
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But it is observable that, though the rest of the story is repeated,
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that is not: a hint only is given of it, in those words which lie here
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in a parenthesis--<I>But David tarried at Jerusalem.</I> If he had been
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abroad with his army, he would have been out of the way of that
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temptation; but, indulging his ease, he fell into uncleanness. Now, as
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the relating of the sin David fell into is an instance of the
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impartiality and fidelity of the sacred writers, so the avoiding of the
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repetition of it here, when there was a fair occasion given to speak of
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it again, is designed to teach us that, though there may be a just
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occasion to speak of the faults and miscarriages of others, yet we
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should not take delight in the repetition of them. That should always
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be looked upon as an unpleasing subject which, though sometimes one
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cannot help falling upon, yet one would not choose to dwell upon, any
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more than we should love to rake in a dunghill. The persons, or
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actions, we can say no good of, we had best say nothing of.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer
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with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew
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Sippai, <I>that was</I> of the children of the giant: and they were
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subdued.
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5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the
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son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose
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spear staff <I>was</I> like a weaver's beam.
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6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of
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<I>great</I> stature, whose fingers and toes <I>were</I> four and twenty,
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six <I>on each hand,</I> and six <I>on each foot:</I> and he also was the
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son of the giant.
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7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
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brother slew him.
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8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the
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hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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The Philistines were nearly subdued
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+18:1"><I>ch.</I> xviii. 1</A>);
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but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak
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were last subdued
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jos+11:21">Josh. xi. 21</A>),
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so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last
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brought down. In the conflicts between grace and corruption there are
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some sins which, like these giants, keep their ground a great while and
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are not mastered without much difficulty and a long struggle: but
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judgment will be brought forth unto victory at last. Observe,
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1. We never read of giants among the Israelites as we do of the giants
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among the Philistines-giants of Gath, but not giants of Jerusalem. The
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growth of God's plants is in usefulness, not in bulk. Those who covet
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to have <I>cubits added to their stature</I> do not consider that it
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will but make then more unwieldy. In the balance of the sanctuary David
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far outweighs Goliath.
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2. The servants of David, though men of ordinary stature, were too hard
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for the giants of Gath in every encounter, because they had God on
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their side, who takes pleasure in abasing lofty looks, and mortifying
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the giants that are in the earth, as he did of old by the deluge,
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though they were men of renown. Never let the church's friends be
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disheartened by the power and pride of the church's enemies. We need
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not fear great men against us while we have the great God for us. What
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will a finger more on each hand do, or a toe more on each foot, in
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contest with Omnipotence?
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3. These giants <I>defied Israel</I>
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and were thus made to pay for their insolence. None are more visibly
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marked for ruin that those who reproach God and his Israel. God will do
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great things rather than suffer the enemy to <I>behave themselves
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proudly,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+32:27">Deut. xxxii. 27</A>.
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The victories of the Son of David, like those of David himself, are
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gradual. <I>We see not yet all things put under him;</I> but it will be
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seen shortly: and death itself, the last enemy, like these giants, will
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