The Capture of Rabbah
(2 Samuel 12:26–31)
In the spring, 1 at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it. 2Sa 11:12Sa 12:26-31Amo 1:14Deu 3:11Jer 49:2-31Ki 20:221Ki 20:262Ki 13:20
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. 2 It was found to weigh a talent of gold 3and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city. 1Ch 18:112Sa 12:30-312Sa 8:11-12
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work 4with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. 1Ch 19:2-51Ki 9:212Sa 12:31Exo 1:14Jdg 8:16-17Jdg 8:6-7Jos 9:23Psa 21:8-9
Battles against the Philistines
(2 Samuel 21:15–22)
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, 5 a descendant of the Rephaim, 6 and the Philistines were subdued. 2Sa 21:18-221Ch 11:292Sa 21:15Jos 12:12Jos 16:3
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother 7of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 2Sa 21:191Sa 17:41Sa 17:71Sa 21:91Sa 22:10
And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, 2Sa 21:20 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him. 1Ch 2:131Sa 16:91Sa 17:101Sa 17:261Sa 17:36Isa 37:23
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants. Rom 8:31Ecc 9:11Jer 9:23Jos 14:12