2 Samuel 12:30-31

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³⁰ David took the crown off their king’s head.^[a] The crown was gold and weighed about 75 pounds.^[b] This crown had precious stones in it. They put the crown on David’s head. David took many valuable things out of the city.

³¹ David also brought out the people of the city of Rabbah and made them work with saws, iron picks, and axes. He also forced them to build things with bricks. He did the same thing to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and the army went back to Jerusalem.