“He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.