And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
Crown of their king. . . weigh a talent of gold - equal to 125 lbs. Some think that Malcom, rendered in our version "their king," should be taken as a proper name, Milcom, or Molech, the Ammonite idol, which, of course, might bear a heavy weight. But, like many other state crowns of Eastern kings, the crown gotten at Rabbah was not worn on the head, but suspended by chains of gold above the throne.
Precious stones - Hebrew, a stone, or cluster of precious stones, which was set on David's head.