And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

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David took the crown from the head of their king[a]—its weight was found to be a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or of Milkom, that is, Molek
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

(A)And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent[a] of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

Then David took the crown from the head of their king,[a][b](A) and it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed seventy-five pounds[c] of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city.

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  1. 20:2 LXX, Vg read of Milcom
  2. 20:2 = Molech; 1Kg 11:5,7
  3. 20:2 Lit a talent

(A)David took the crown of [a]their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 In Zeph 1:5, Malcam