2 Samuel 12:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.”
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“Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah--also I have captured the city of waters;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 12:27 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 11:1In 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).