2 Samuel 12:30-31

King James Version

³⁰And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

³¹And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 12:30-31

New International Version

³⁰David took the crown^(A) from their king’s^[a] head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent^[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city ³¹and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.^[c] David did this to all the Ammonite^(B) towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s)
2 Samuel 12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
2 Samuel 12:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

2 Samuel 12:30-31

English Standard Version

³⁰And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent^[a] of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. ³¹And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at^[b] the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 12:30 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
2 Samuel 12:31 Hebrew pass through

2 Samuel 12:30-31

New American Standard Bible

³⁰Then ^(A)he took the crown of ^[a]their king from his head; and its weight was a ^[b]talent of gold, and it had a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the plunder of the city in great amounts. ³¹He also brought out the people who were in it, and ^(B)put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made ^[c]others ^[d]serve at the brick ^[e]works. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 12:30 Or Milcom; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom; cf. Zeph 1:5
2 Samuel 12:30 About 75 lb. or 34 kg
2 Samuel 12:31 Lit them
2 Samuel 12:31 Another reading of MT lit pass through
2 Samuel 12:31 Lit mold; i.e., for molding bricks

2 Samuel 12:30-31

New King James Version

³⁰^(A)Then he took their king’s crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the ^[a]spoil of the city in great abundance. ³¹And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.