Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- And Conj-w | DirObjM 5971 [e] הָעָ֨ם hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- who [were] Pro-r   בָּ֜הּ bāh in it Prep | 3fs 3318 [e] הוֹצִ֗יא hō-w-ṣî, he brought out V-Hifil-Perf-3ms 7787 [e] וַיָּ֨שַׂר way-yā-śar and put [them] to work Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 4050 [e] בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה bam-mə-ḡê-rāh with saws Prep-b, Art | N-fs 2757 [e] וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י ū-ḇa-ḥă-rî-ṣê and with picks Conj-w, Prep-b | N-mpc 1270 [e] הַבַּרְזֶל֙ hab-bar-zel iron Art | N-ms 4050 [e] וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת ū-ḇam-mə-ḡê-rō-wṯ, and with axes Conj-w, Prep-b, Art | N-fp 3651 [e] וְכֵן֙ wə-ḵên So Conj-w | Adv 6213 [e] יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה ya-‘ă-śeh did V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 1732 [e] דָוִ֔יד ḏā-wîḏ, David N-proper-ms 3605 [e] לְכֹ֖ל lə-ḵōl to all Prep-l | N-msc 5892 [e] עָרֵ֣י ‘ā-rê the cities N-fpc 1121 [e] בְנֵי־ ḇə-nê- of the sons N-mpc 5983 [e] עַמּ֑וֹן ‘am-mō-wn; of Ammon N-proper-ms 7725 [e] וַיָּ֧שָׁב way-yā-šāḇ And returned Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1732 [e] דָּוִ֛יד dā-wîḏ David N-proper-ms 3605 [e] וְכָל־ wə-ḵāl and all Conj-w | N-msc 5971 [e] הָעָ֖ם hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 3389 [e] יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ yə-rū-šā-lim. [to] Jerusalem N-proper-fs   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
He brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

King James Bible
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

And he

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and cut instead of {wyyasar,} `and he cut,' the parallel passage is {wyasem,} `and he put them;' which is also the reading here of seven MSS collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc. of human beings, have no more place in the text, that they had in David's conduct towards the Ammonites.

with saws

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1 Kings 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children …

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