² Then David went to Rabbah and removed the crown from the king’s head,^[a] 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.^[b] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.

¹¹ King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.

³⁰ David removed the crown from the king’s head,^[a] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.^[b] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city. ³¹ He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with^[c] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.^[d] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

¹¹ King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated— ¹² from Edom,^[a] Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.