1 Chronicles 20:3

He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ¹  This was his policy ²  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

Ex 1:14; Jos 9:23; Jud 8:6,7,16,17; 1Ki 9:21; 1Ch 19:2-5; Ps 21:8,9

¹ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

² tn Heb “and so he would do.”