2 Samuel 11:1

Good News Translation

The following spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:14

When the Ammonites saw the Syrians running away, they fled from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab turned back from fighting the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 20:22

Then the prophet went to King Ahab and said, “Go back and build up your forces and make careful plans, because the king of Syria will attack again next spring.”

1 Kings 20:26

The following spring he called up his men and marched with them to the city of Aphek to attack the Israelites.

1 Chronicles 20:1

The following spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, Joab led out the army and invaded the land of Ammon; King David, however, stayed in Jerusalem. They besieged the city of Rabbah, attacked it, and destroyed it.

2 Chronicles 36:10

When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 60:9

Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Ecclesiastes 3:8

He sets the time for love and the time for hate, the time for war and the time for peace.

Jeremiah 49:2

But the time is coming when I will make the people of the capital city of Rabbah hear the noise of battle, and it will be left in ruins and its villages burned to the ground. Then Israel will take its land back from those who took it from them.

Jeremiah 49:3

People of Heshbon, cry out! Ai is destroyed! Women of Rabbah, go into mourning! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Run about in confusion. Your god Molech will be taken into exile, together with his priests and princes.

Ezekiel 21:20

One will show the king the way to the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and the other the way to Judah, to the fortified city, Jerusalem.

Amos 1:14

So I will send fire upon the city walls of Rabbah and burn down its fortresses. Then there will be shouts on the day of battle, and the fighting will rage like a storm.

Zechariah 14:3

Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.

Deuteronomy 3:11

King Og was the last of the Rephaim. His coffin, made of stone, was six feet wide and almost fourteen feet long, according to standard measurements. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

1 Samuel 18:30

The Philistine armies would come and fight, but in every battle David was more successful than any of Saul's other officers. As a result David became very famous.