1 Chronicles 20:1-3

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Joab Destroys the Ammonites^(A)

20 In the ·spring [^Lturning of the year], the time of year when kings normally went out to ·battle [war], Joab led out the army of Israel. But David stayed in Jerusalem. The army of Israel ·destroyed [ravaged; laid waste] the land of Ammon and went to the city of Rabbah and ·attacked it [lay siege to it; tore it down]. ² David took the crown off the head of ·their king [or Milcom; ^Cthe god of the Ammonites], and had it placed on his own head. That gold crown weighed ·about seventy-five pounds [^Lone talent], and it ·had valuable gems in it [was set with precious stones]. And David took ·many valuable things [a great amount of plunder/spoil] from the city. ³ He also brought out the people of the city and forced them to work [^Censlaved them] with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his army returned to Jerusalem.