KJV King James Version
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
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2 Samuel 12:27
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
WEB World English Bible
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, ‘I have fought against Rabbah—also I have captured the city of waters;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 12
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.
30 And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof [was] a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was [set] on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיוֹאָ֛בH3097 · yo.avJoabמַלְאָכִ֖יםH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)דָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayנִלְחַ֣מְתִּיH3898 · la.chamto fightבְרַבָּ֔הH7237 · rab.bahRabbahגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoלָכַ֖דְתִּיH3920 · la.khadto captureאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִ֥ירH5892 · irexcitementהַמָּֽיִם׃H4325 · ma.yimwater
Cross-references
Ezekiel 21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.2 Samuel 11:1And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.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.
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