³¹ and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.^[a] David did this to all the Ammonite^(A) towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

³⁷ They were put to death by stoning;^[a](A) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^(B) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^(C) destitute, persecuted and mistreated—