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30 David took Milcom’s[a] crown off his head. It weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David’s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge. 31 He brought out the people who were in the city and put them to work making bricks. David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes;[b] he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:30 LXX; MT their king’s crown
  2. 2 Samuel 12:31 Cf LXXL, OL, Tg, 1 Chron 20:3

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