1 Chronicles 20:1-2
Contemporary English Version
The End of the War with Ammon
(2 Samuel 11.1; 12.26-31)
20 (A) The next spring, the time when kings go to war, Joab marched out in command of the Israelite army and destroyed towns all over the country of Ammon. He attacked the capital city of Rabbah and left it in ruins. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
2 Later, David himself went to Rabbah, where he took the crown from the statue of their god Milcom.[a] The crown was made of about 34 kilograms of gold, and there was a valuable jewel on it. David put the jewel on his crown,[b] then carried off everything else of value.
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1 Chronicles 20:1-2
King James Version
20 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
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