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30 and took the crown from the statue of their god Milcom.[a] The crown was made of about 35 kilograms of gold, and there was a valuable jewel on it. David put the jewel on his own crown.[b] He also carried off everything else of value. 31 David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls[c] with iron picks and axes, and then he put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities.

David went back to Jerusalem, and the people of Israel returned to their homes.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.30 the statue of their god Milcom: Or “their king.”
  2. 12.30 David … crown: Or “and David wore the crown.”
  3. 12.31 tear … walls: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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