2 Samuel 11:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IN THE spring, when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab with his servants and all Israel, and they ravaged the Ammonites [country] and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

¹ In the spring, when kings go off to war, David sent Joab, along with his servants and all the Israelites, and they destroyed the Ammonites, attacking the city of Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now it happened that, at the turn of the year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all of Israel, and they laid waste to the sons of Ammon, and they besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they spoiled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but David remained in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 11:1 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 10:14

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab withdrew from the attack against the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 20:22

The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, ‘Go and strengthen yourself, then consider carefully  what you should do, for in the spring  the king of Aram will attack you.’

1 Kings 20:26

In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilised the Arameans and went up to Aphek  to battle Israel.

1 Chronicles 20:1

In the spring  when kings march out to war,  Joab led the army and destroyed the Ammonites’ land. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem.  Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring  , Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 3:8

a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore look, the days are coming   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – when I will make the shout of battle   heard against Rabbah  of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Israel will dispossess their dispossessors, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:3

Wail, Heshbon,  for Ai is devastated; cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,  and lament; run back and forth within your walls, because Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

Ezekiel 21:20

Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites  and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

Amos 1:14

Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah, and it will consume its citadels. There will be shouting on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of the storm.

Zechariah 14:3

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as he fights on a day of battle.

Deuteronomy 3:11

(Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim.  His bed  was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites?  It is 4 metres long and 1.8 metres wide by a standard measure.  )

1 Samuel 18:30

Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight,  David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers.  So his name became well known.