KJV King James Version
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
WEB World English Bible
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
ASV American Standard Version
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 12
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
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1 Chronicles 20:1-3And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.2 Samuel 11:25Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
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