2 samuel 12:31

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2 Samuel 12:31

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 12:31
Verse 31 of 31

Scripture focus

And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 12:31KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:31

Theological / Devotional

Put them under saws. That is, the people were appointed to labor with saws and other implements. By the change of one letter in the verb the parallel passage reads, “he sawed them with saws” (1 Chron. 20:3). Perhaps the same verb as is used in Samuel was intended. This may be a copyist’s error. Some have thought that David tortured the Ammonite prisoners (see on 1 Chron. 20:3). Such cruelties would be in accord with the common customs of the time, but not with David’s character.

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