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28 so call out the rest of the army, attack the city, and capture it. Otherwise, I’ll take the city myself and name it after me.” 29 So David mustered his entire army and marched on Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it. 30 He confiscated the crown of their king[a] from his head—it weighed one talent[b] in gold and was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He confiscated a great amount of war booty that had been plundered from the city,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:30 Lit. of Malcam; LXX reads king Molchol; cf. 1King 11:5, 33; Zeph 1:5
  2. 2 Samuel 12:30 I.e. about 75 pounds