In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 12:26 - English Standard Version 2016 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. 更多版本King 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. |
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”
and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)