2 Samuel 12:26
What does 2 Samuel 12:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 12:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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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.
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