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2 Samuel 11:1

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to 2 Samuel 11:1 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:1 At the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, Joab led out the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
  • 1 Kings 20:26 At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
  • 1 Kings 20:22 The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”
  • 2 Chronicles 36:10 At the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of Yahweh’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother 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.
  • Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man.)
  • Ezekiel 21:20 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
  • 2 Samuel 12:26-28 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters. Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
  • Zechariah 14:3 Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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Explain this verse (24 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The year following about the spring time.

The year following about the spring time.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:1 And it came to pass, after the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain After the year was expired; when that year ended,…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Here is, I. David's glory, in pursuing the war…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, that after the year…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain David commits adultery with Bathsheba, ver. 1-5. endeavours to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain David sends Joab against the Ammonites, who besieges the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:1. After the year was expired — Hebrew,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain After the year was expired - The next spring…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Year. Hebrew, "at the end of the year," (Chaldean;…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain The beglooming of David’s royal rule by the sins…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain SIEGE OF RABBAH, 2Sa_11:1.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain Ch. 2Sa_11:1. The siege of Rabbah
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (1) After the year was expired.—Literally, as in margin,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain After the year was expired; Hebrew and Revised Version,…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The year was expired.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain 2Sa_11:1. “After the year,” etc., rather, at the return…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:27
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain David and Bathsheba
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain 1. David’s Great Sin
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain David’s Adultery
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 It came about in the springtime
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:1-27 David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of…

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