2Sa 12:30-31 | TNotes | STEP | 12:30 David removed the crown: David had, in effect, become the Ammonites’ king. • a vast amount of plunder: Instructions against taking such booty during a conquest (Deut 7:25-26 ) show how dangerous David’s actions were. Such wealth might seduce the king’s heart away from God.

a12:30►

bDeut 7:25-26►

c12:31►

dDeut 20:11►

e1 Kgs 9:20-22►

fJudg 1:30►

g33►

htextual note on 1 Chr 20:3►

‏ 2 Samuel 12:30-31

12:30 ^a David removed the crown: David had, in effect, become the Ammonites’ king.

• a vast amount of plunder: Instructions against taking such booty during a conquest (Deut 7:25-26 ^b) show how dangerous David’s actions were. Such wealth might seduce the king’s heart away from God.
12:31 ^c He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with: Enslaving defeated peoples was in accord with Deut 20:11 ^d. Solomon later did the same with the Canaanites (1 Kgs 9:20-22 ^e; see also Judg 1:30 ^f, 33 ^g). The alternate reading might indicate torture inflicted on the defeated Ammonites (cp. textual note on 1 Chr 20:3 ^h).