1 Chronicles 20:2

2 The Ammonite idol Molech had a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds. In it there was a jewel, which David took and put in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city.

1 Chronicles 20:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 20:18

He slew also the bullock and the ram, a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which [was] for the people
That they might feast, rejoice, and be glad that atonement was made for their sins, and their gifts and sacrifices accepted of God, see ( 5:11 ) and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood;
of the peace offerings, the bullock and the ram, which they had received into a vessel as they were killing: which he sprinkled upon the altar round about;
as he did with the blood of his own burnt offering, ( Leviticus 9:12 ) .

1 Chronicles 20:2 In-Context

1 The following spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, Joab led out the army and invaded the land of Ammon; King David, however, stayed in Jerusalem. They besieged the city of Rabbah, attacked it, and destroyed it.

2 The Ammonite idol Molech had a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds. In it there was a jewel, which David took and put in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city.

3 He took the people of the city and put them to work with saws, iron hoes, and axes. He did the same to the people of all the other towns of Ammon. Then he and his men returned to Jerusalem.

4 Later on, war broke out again with the Philistines at Gezer. This was when Sibbecai from Hushah killed a giant named Sippai, and the Philistines were defeated.

5 There was another battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath from Gath, whose spear had a shaft as thick as the bar on a weaver's loom.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ammonite idol Molech; [or] Ammonite king.