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1 Chronicles 20:3
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 20:3
New English Translation
3 He removed the city’s residents and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and axes.[a] This was his policy[b] with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:3 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (megerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzerot, “axes”).
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 tn Heb “and so he would do.”
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