2 Samuel 11:23 - Plain English Version

²³ This is what he said, “The Ammon mob came out from that town, Rabbah, to fight with us. We chased them back into their town.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in to the field, but we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

Common English Bible

²³ “The men overpowered us,” the messenger told David. “They came out against us in the open field, but we fought against them up to the entrance of the city gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And the messenger said to David: "The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.

2 Samuel 11:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger went to Jerusalem. After he got there, he told David the story.

2 Samuel 11:24

Then their soldiers on the wall of the town shot arrows at us from close up. They killed dead some of your soldiers. One of them was Uriah, he is dead too.”