1 Chronicles 20:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

²Then 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. ³He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws,^[d] iron picks, and axes.^[e]^(B) David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

The Philistine Giants

⁴After this,^(C) a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,^[f]^(D) and the Philistines were subdued.

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Footnotes

20:2 LXX, Vg read of Milcom
20:2 = Molech; 1Kg 11:5,7
20:2 Lit a talent
20:3 Text emended; MT reads and sawed them with the saw; 2Sm 12:31
20:3 Text emended; MT reads saws; 2Sm 12:31
20:4 Or the Rephaites

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