It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Yo'av, and his servants with him, and all Yisra'el; and they destroyed the children of `Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Yerushalayim.
2 Samuel 12:26 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Now Yo'av fought against Rabbah of the children of `Ammon, and took the royal city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. American Standard Version (1901) Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. Common English Bible Meanwhile, Joab fought the Ammonites at Rabbah and captured the royal city. Catholic Public Domain Version And then Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he fought outside the royal city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city. |
It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Yo'av, and his servants with him, and all Yisra'el; and they destroyed the children of `Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Yerushalayim.
Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Yo'av, Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
and he sent by the hand of Natan the prophet; and he named him Yedidyah, for the LORD's sake.
Yo'av sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
It happened, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shovi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of `Ammon, and Makhir the son of `Ammi'el of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gil`adite of Roglim,
I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of `Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
(For only `Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Refa'im; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of `Ammon? nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)