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1 Chronicles 20:1-3
Common English Bible
1 Chronicles 20:1-3
Common English Bible
Defeat of the Ammonites
20 In the spring, the time when kings go to war, Joab marched out with the army, destroyed the land of the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. David stayed in Jerusalem while Joab attacked Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 David took Milcom’s[a] crown from his head. He found that it weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David’s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge. 3 After removing the people who were in the city, David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes,[b] as he did to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:2 LXX, Vulg; MT their king
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Cf 2 Sam 12:31; MT saws
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