War Again
26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and captured the royal city. 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters. 28 Now then, gather the rest of the people and camp opposite the city and capture it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me." 29 So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it. 30 Then he took the crown of 12:30 Or Milcom; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom; cf. Zeph 1:5their king from his head; and its weight was a 12:30 About 75 lb. or 34 kgtalent 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. 31 He also brought out the people who were in it, and put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made 12:31 Lit themothers 12:31 Another reading of MT lit pass throughserve at the brick 12:31 Lit mold; i.e., for molding bricksworks. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.