2 Samuel 12:26-31
New American Standard Bible
War Again
26 (A)Now Joab fought against (B)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and captured the royal city. 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters. 28 Now then, gather the rest of the people and camp opposite the city and capture it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me.” 29 So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it. 30 Then (C)he took the crown of [a]their king from his head; and its weight was a [b]talent of gold, and it had a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the plunder of the city in great amounts. 31 He also brought out the people who were in it, and (D)put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made [c]others [d]serve at the brick [e]works. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 12:30 Or Milcom; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom; cf. Zeph 1:5
- 2 Samuel 12:30 About 75 lb. or 34 kg
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Lit them
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Another reading of MT lit pass through
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Lit mold; i.e., for molding bricks
2 Samuel 12:26-31
English Standard Version
Rabbah Is Captured
26 (A)Now Joab (B)fought against (C)Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters. 28 Now then gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called by my name.” 29 So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it. 30 And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent[a] of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. 31 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at[b] the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 12:30 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Hebrew pass through
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