30 He took the crown from the head of their king,[a] and it was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed seventy-five pounds[b] of gold, and it had a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:30 LXX reads of Milcom; some emend to Molech; 1Kg 11:5,33
  2. 12:30 Lit a talent

Then David took the crown from the head of their king,[a][b](A) and it was placed on David’s head. He found that the crown weighed seventy-five pounds[c] of gold, and there was a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 LXX, Vg read of Milcom
  2. 20:2 = Molech; 1Kg 11:5,7
  3. 20:2 Lit a talent

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