2Sa 12:31 | TNotes | STEP | 12:31 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 . Solomon later did the same with the Canaanites (1 Kgs 9:20-22 ; see also Judg 1:30 , 33 ). The alternate reading might indicate torture inflicted on the defeated Ammonites (cp. textual note on 1 Chr 20:3 ).

bDeut 20:11►

c1 Kgs 9:20-22►

dJudg 1:30►

ftextual note on 1 Chr 20:3►

‏ 2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 ^a 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 ^b. Solomon later did the same with the Canaanites (1 Kgs 9:20-22 ^c; see also Judg 1:30 ^d, 33 ^e). The alternate reading might indicate torture inflicted on the defeated Ammonites (cp. textual note on 1 Chr 20:3 ^f).