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The Irony of One Crown Gained and One Crown Lost
Joab led forth the power of the army and wasted the country of the children of ammon, and came and besieged raba. But david tarried at jerusalem. And he 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. It was set upon David's head. He brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. The irony here is that you gained an earthly crown that day, but because of what you did, you lost a heavenly one.