Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 12:26

2 Samuel chapter 12 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Context

v.25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.

v.26This passage

v.27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

  • 2 Samuel 11:25

    Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:1

    And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go outto battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.