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David took Milcom’s[a] crown from his head. He found that it weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David’s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge. After removing the people who were in the city, David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes,[b] as he did to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

War with the Philistines

Once again war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephah,[c] and the Philistines were subdued.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 LXX, Vulg; MT their king
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:3 Cf 2 Sam 12:31; MT saws
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Or giants; also in 20:6-7

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