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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 20:2b Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].

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