28 Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city, that thou mayest take it, lest [a]the victory be attributed to me.

29 So David gathered all the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and took it.

30 (A)And he took their king’s crown from his head, (which weighed a [b]talent of gold, with precious stones) and it was set on David’s head: and he brought away the spoil of the city in exceedingly great abundance.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:28 Hebrew, my name be called upon it.
  2. 2 Samuel 12:30 That is: threescore pounds after the weight of the common talent.

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