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1 Chronicles 20:3

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1 In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

2 Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

4 Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

5 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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BSB
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
KJV
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
WEB
He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
ASV
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
DARBY
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with the saw, and with harrows of iron, and with saws. And so David did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
BLB
And the people who [were] in it he brought out, and they sawed with the saws, and with the iron picks, and with the axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David returned, and all the people, [to] Jerusalem.
ÅB
Og folket som bodde der, førte han ut og skar dem over med sager og treskesleder av jern eller hugg dem sønder med økser. Så gjorde David med alle Ammons barns byer. Deretter vendte David og alt folket tilbake til Jerusalem.
OTB
Han førte ut folket som var i den,
og satte dem til å arbeide med sager, jernhakker og økser.
Og David gjorde det samme med alle byene til Ammons barn.
Så vendte David og hele folket tilbake til Jerusalem.
B1930
Og folket som bodde der, førte han ut og skar dem over med sager og treskesleder av jern eller hugg dem sønder med økser. Så gjorde David med alle Ammons barns byer. Derefter vendte David og alt folket tilbake til Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Chronicles 19:2–5

    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

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  • 1 Kings 9:21

    their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

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  • Judges 8:6–7

    But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”

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  • Psalms 21:8–9

    Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

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  • Exodus 1:14

    and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:31

    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

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  • Joshua 9:23

    Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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  • Judges 8:16–17

    Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

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