2 Samuel 12:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And Jo´ab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. American Standard Version (1901) And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters. Common English Bible Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured the city’s water supply. Catholic Public Domain Version And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: "I have struggled against Rabbah, and so the City of Waters will soon be seized. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath; and the city of waters is about to be taken. |
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Jo´ab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
And Jo´ab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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.
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defensed.
For 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.