26 Then Yoav (Joab) fought the Amonim at Rabah and captured their palace, 27 then he sent messengers to David to tell him, “I’ve fought against Rabah and I’ve overthrown the city’s water supply. 28 So now, gather the rest of our fighters and lay siege to the city and capture it. Otherwise I’ll do it and then it’ll be named after me. 29 So David gathered all his warriors and went to Rabah, where he attacked the city and captured it. 30 He took the king’s crown off his head (it was gold and weighed around thirty kilograms), and it was placed on his head. A lot of other plunder was also taken from the city. 31 The inhabitants of Rabah were brought out and assigned to work at the brick kiln with saws, iron picks, and axes. (He did that to all the Amoni cities.) Then David and all his people returned to Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

20 Then, in the spring, when kings often march out to war, Yoav (Joab) led the army out for war, and he devastated the Amonim land. Then he reached the capital, Rabah, and he besieged it while David stayed in Yerushalem (Jerusalem).[ref] Yoav defeated Rabah and demolished the city. 2 Then David took their king’s crown off his head—it was gold with a valuable gemstone set in it, and weighed thirty kilograms. He put the crown on his own head, plus he took a very large amount of plunder out of the city. 3 Then they took all the people out of the city and forced them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did that to the people from all the Amoni cities, then he returned to Yerushalem with his army.