1 Chronicles 20:3 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Chronicles 20:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler reports David's treatment of the Ammonites after Rabbah fell. The Hebrew is difficult, and the BSB's "put them to work" reflects a reading that the people were conscripted to labor with saws, picks and axes, though other translations understand the verse as describing execution.
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