2 Samuel 12:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

He brought forth the people who were in it, and put them under saws, harrows of iron, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws, iron picks, and axes, and made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he brought forth{H3318} the people{H5971} that were therein, and put{H7760} them under saws,{H4050} and under harrows{H2757} of iron,{H1270} and under axes{H4037} of iron,{H1270} and made them pass{H5674} through the brickkiln:{H4404} and thus did{H6213} he unto all the cities{H5892} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} And David{H1732} and all the people{H5971} returned{H7725} unto Jerusalem.{H3389}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} the people{H5971} that were therein, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} them under saws{H4050}, and under harrows{H2757} of iron{H1270}, and under axes{H4037} of iron{H1270}, and made them pass{H5674}{(H8689)} through the brickkiln{H4404}: and thus did{H6213}{(H8799)} he unto all the cities{H5892} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}. So David{H1732} and all the people{H5971} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto Jerusalem{H3389}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    As for the people that was therin, he broughte the forth, and layed them vnder yron sawes and hokes and wedges of yron, and burned the in tyle ouens. Thus dyd he vnto all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then returned Dauid and all the people vnto Ierusalem agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he carryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid & all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he caryed away the people that was therein, & put them vnder sawes, and vnder iron harrowes, and vnder axes of iron, & thrust them into the tylekyll: thus dyd he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And so Dauid and al the people returned vnto Hierusalem.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He brought forth the people who 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 to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the people who `are' in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He removed the people who were in it and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 20:3 : 3 He brought out the people who were in it and cut them with saws, with harrows of iron, and with axes. So David dealt with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Your hand shall find all your enemies: your right hand shall find those who hate you. 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.
  • Amos 1:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with instruments of iron:
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Chr 20:1-3
    3 verses
    90%

    1 It came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the power of the army and devastated the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

    2 David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, with precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head. He also brought out exceedingly much spoil from the city.

    3 He brought out the people who were in it and cut them with saws, with harrows of iron, and with axes. So David dealt with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

  • 9 And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothes, and returned and came to Achish.

  • 2 Chr 34:4-7
    4 verses
    73%

    4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

    5 And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

    6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

    7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 30:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1 And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

    2 And had taken the women captives that were there: they killed none, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

    3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

    4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  • 72%

    29 David gathered all the people together, went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

    30 He took their king's crown from his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold, with precious stones: and it was set on David's head. He brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

  • 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  • 25 And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

  • 10 And they burned all their cities where they dwelt, and all their fortified castles, with fire.

  • 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

  • 1 Chr 18:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

    8 Likewise, from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a great deal of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.

  • 2 Sam 8:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 And David took the golden shields that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

    8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took a great amount of bronze.

  • 12 And another ten thousand alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

  • 11 These also king David dedicated to the LORD, along with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations: from Edom and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

  • 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • 12 When they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

  • 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.

  • 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.

  • 13 Moreover, if he has entered into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.

  • 37 And they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword—its king, all its cities, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed it and all the people who were in it.

  • 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  • 12 From Syria, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • 7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done to Libnah and its king.

  • 30 And the LORD delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

  • 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territories of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever does not come after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

  • 33 And he struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

  • 54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put the Philistine's armor in his tent.

  • 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, Thus did David, and so will be his way all the time he dwells in the country of the Philistines.

  • 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

  • 11 Even to the craftsmen and builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

  • 12 And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

  • 15 They also attacked the tents of cattle and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

  • 4 Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

  • 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

  • 6 And he went out and fought against the Philistines, breaking down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities around Ashdod among the Philistines.