The Capture of Rabbah
2 Samuel 12:26
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- KJV
- ¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- WEB
- Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- ASV
- Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- LSV
- And Joab fights against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and captures the royal city,
- YLT
- And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
- DBY
- And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- DRC
- And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.
- GNV
- Then Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the citie of the kingdome.
- JPS
- Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- LXXE
- And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם יוֹאָ֔ב בְּרַבַּ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐπολέμησεν Ἰωὰβ ἐν Ῥαββὰθ υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, καὶ κατέλαβε τὴν πόλιν τῆς βασιλείας.
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- 1 Chronicles 20:1–3In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and…
- Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- 2 Samuel 11:25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these…
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