2 Samuel 12:27 - Easy To Read Version

²⁷ Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. I have captured the City of Waters.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured the city’s water supply.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: "I have struggled against Rabbah, and so the City of Waters will soon be seized.

2 Samuel 12:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:1

In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab, his officers, and all of the Israelites out to destroy the Ammonites. Joab’s army also attacked {their capital city} Rabbah.

2 Samuel 12:26

Rabbah was the capital city of the Ammonites. Joab fought against Rabbah and captured it.

2 Samuel 12:28

Now bring the other people together and attack this city (Rabbah). Capture this city before I capture it. If I capture this city, it will be called by my name.”

Ezekiel 21:20

\{Use the sign\} to show which road the sword will use. One road leads to the Ammonite city of Rabbah. The other road leads to Judah, to the protected city, Jerusalem!

Deuteronomy 3:11

Og was the king of Bashan. Og was one of the few Rephaite people still alive. Og’s bed was made from iron. It was over 13 feet long and 6 feet wide. [15] The bed is still in the city of Rabbah, where the Ammonite people live.)