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1 Chronicles 20:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version

2 David took the gold crown of their king[a] from his head. It weighed seventy-five pounds[b] and had a precious stone in it. It was placed on[c] David’s head. He brought out large amounts of plunder from the city. 3 He brought out the people who were in the city. He put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes.[d] David did the same to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.

War With the Philistines

4 After this, war arose at Gezer[e] with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,[f] one of the descendants of Rapha the giant,[g] and the Philistines were subdued.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or their god, Milcom
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or a talent (estimates for a talent vary from 68 to 130 pounds)
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or over. The weight of the crown seems too heavy for a person to wear, at least for any length of time.
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:3 The reading of the main Hebrew text is he sawed with a saw, with iron picks and with saws. This could mean that he cut up the city or the people. This verse is translated in harmony with the parallel text in 2 Samuel 12:31.
  5. 1 Chronicles 20:4 In 2 Samuel 21:18 this battle is located at Gob.
  6. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Also called Saph in 2 Samuel 21:18
  7. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Literally the Rephaim. Rapha was the ancestor of a group of very tall men who lived among the Philistines. They are called the Rephaim, and the valley where some of these battles were fought was named after them.
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