1Ch 20:1-3 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then it happened in the spring , at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon , and came and besieged Rabbah . But David stayed in Jerusalem . And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

1 Chronicles 20:1-3

War with Philistine Giants

1 ^aThen it happened ^{▼▼Lit at the return of the year}in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And ^cJoab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 ^dDavid took the crown of ^{▼▼Another reading is Malcam from, a variant of the Ammonite god Milcom}their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a ^{▼▼About 75 lb. or 34 kg}talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoils of the city, a very great amount. 3 He brought out the people who were in it, ^gand ^{▼▼So 2 Sam 12:31; MT sawed them apart with}put them to work at saws, iron picks, and axes. And David did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.