20 1 Rabbah destroyed. 3 The Ammonites tormented. 4 The Philistines are thrice overcome with their giants.

And (A)when the year was expired, in the time that kings go out a warfare, Joab carried out the strength of the army, and destroyed the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged [a]Rabbah (but David tarried at Jerusalem) and Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

(B)Then David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it the weight of a [b]talent of gold with precious stones in it: and it was set on David’s head, and he brought away the spoil of the city exceeding much.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:1 Which was the chief city of the Ammonites.
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Which mounteth about the value of seven thousand and seventy crowns, which is about threescore pound weight.

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