2 Samuel 12:26-31

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^26-27Meanwhile Joab and the Israeli army were successfully ending their siege of Rabbah the capital of Ammon. Joab sent messengers to tell David, “Rabbah and its beautiful harbor are ours!^[a] ²⁸Now bring the rest of the army and finish the job, so that you will get the credit for the victory instead of me.”

^29-30So David led his army to Rabbah and captured it. Tremendous amounts of loot were carried back to Jerusalem, and David took the king of Rabbah’s crown—a $50,000 treasure made from solid gold set with gems—and placed it on his own head. ³¹He made slaves of the people of the city and made them labor with saws, picks, and axes and work in the brick kilns;^[b] that is the way he treated all of the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and the army returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 12:26 Rabbah and its beautiful harbor are ours, or “I have taken the City of Waters.”
2 Samuel 12:31 made them labor with saws, picks, and axes and work in the brick kilns, or “killed them with saws and iron harrows, and in the brick kilns.”