2 Samuel 12:30-31

New Living Translation

³⁰David removed the crown from the king’s head,^[a] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.^[b] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city. ³¹He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with^[c] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.^[d] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

12:30a Or from the head of Milcom (as in Greek version). Milcom, also called Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
12:30b Hebrew 1 talent [34 kilograms].
12:31a Hebrew He also brought out the people [of Rabbah] and put them under.
12:31b Hebrew and he made them pass through the brick kilns.