1 Chronicles 20:1-2

New Living Translation

David Captures Rabbah

20 In the spring of the year,^[a] when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah, attacking and destroying it. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

²Then David went to Rabbah and removed the crown from the king’s head,^[b] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and he found that it weighed seventy-five pounds.^[c] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.

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Footnotes

20:1 Hebrew At the turn of the year. The first day of the year in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in March or April.
20:2a Or from the head of Milcom (as in Greek version and Latin Vulgate). Milcom, also called Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
20:2b Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].