2 Samuel 12:27

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.Or and have captured the city of waters

KJV

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

WEB

Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.

ASV

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

LSV

and Joab sends messengers to David and says, “I have fought against Rabbah—I have also captured the city of waters;

YLT

and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, 'I have fought against Rabbah — also I have captured the city of waters;

DBY

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

DRC

And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.

GNV

Therefore Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, saying, I haue fought against Rabbah, and haue taken the citie of waters.

JPS

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said: 'I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

LXXE

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters.

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WLC

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח יוֹאָ֛ב מַלְאָכִ֖ים אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ נִלְחַ֣מְתִּי בְרַבָּ֔ה גַּם־לָכַ֖דְתִּי אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמָּֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰωὰβ ἀγγέλους πρὸς Δαυὶδ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπολέμησα ἐν Ῥαββὰθ, καὶ κατελαβόμην τὴν πόλιν τῶν ὑδάτων.

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• 2 Samuel 11:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
• 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.)

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