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2 Samuel 12:31 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 31
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 brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.2 Samuel 12:31 · King James Version
2 Samuel 12:31 in context
29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
31And 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 brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brickkilnmalbêna brickkilnH4404 →
- harrowschârîytsproperly, incisure or incisedH2757 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- sawsmᵉgêrâha sawH4050 →
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We have here an account of the conquest of Rabbah, and other cities of the Ammonites. Though this comes in here after the birth of David's child, yet it is most probable that it was effected a good while before, and soon after the death of Uriah, perhaps during the days of Bath-sheba's mourning for him. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-31