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2 Samuel 12:30-31
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2 Samuel 12:30-31
Easy-to-Read Version
30 David took the crown off their king’s head.[a] The crown was gold and weighed about 75 pounds.[b] This crown had precious stones in it. They put the crown on David’s head. David took many valuable things out of the city.
31 David also brought out the people of the city of Rabbah and made them work with saws, iron picks, and axes. He also forced them to build things with bricks. He did the same thing to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and the army went back to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 12:30 their king’s head Or “Milcom’s head.” Milcom was a false god that the Ammonites worshiped.
- 2 Samuel 12:30 75 pounds Literally, “1 talent” (34.5 kg).
2 Samuel 12:30-31
New International Version
2 Samuel 12:30-31
New International Version
30 David took the crown(A) from their king’s[a] head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city 31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.[c] David did this to all the Ammonite(B) towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s)
- 2 Samuel 12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
- 2 Samuel 12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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