Here is a repetition of the story of David’s wars, I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, 1 Chron. 20:1–3. II. With the giants of the Philistines, 1 Chron. 20:4–8.

How the army of the Ammonites and their allies was routed in the field we read in the foregoing chapters. Here we have the destruction of Rabbah, the metropolis of their kingdom , the putting of their king’s crown upon David’s head , and the great severity that was used towards the people, 1 Chron.

The Philistines were nearly subdued ; but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued , so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last brought down.