30David took the crown from their king’s12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s) head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city
30Then he took the crown of 12:30 Or Milcom; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom; cf. Zeph 1:5their king from his head; and its weight was a 12:30 About 75 lb. or 34 kgtalent of gold, and it had a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the plunder of the city in great amounts.
30Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in great amounts.
30And he took the crown of their king from his head; it weighed a 12:30 I.e. about 75 lbs. If the crown actually weighed 75 lbs. it must have been used primarily as a decorative symbol of power.talent of gold, and [set in it was] a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought the spoil out of the city in great amounts.
30Then he took the crown from the head of their king.12:30 Or from the head of Milcom. Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7. It weighed a talent of gold12:30 A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms 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.
30David took the gold crown off the head of the king of Ammon. Then the crown was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed 75 pounds. It had jewels in it. David took a huge amount of goods from the city.