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2 Samuel 12:26

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to 2 Samuel 12:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:1-3 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. David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city. He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
  • 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.)
  • 2 Samuel 11:25 Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city, and overthrow it.’ Encourage him.”

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or the chief city.

Or the chief city.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. That part of the city where was the…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We have here an account of the conquest of…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joab sent messengers to David,.... To acquaint him…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Royal city - That is, that part of the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. And took the royal city.] How can…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 12:26-27. Took the royal city — That is,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain RABBAH IS TAKEN. (Sa2 12:26-31)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain CONQUEST OF RABBAH, 2Sa_12:26-30.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. And Joab fought against Rabbah] The narrative returns…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) Took the royal city.—The parallel narrative is resumed…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Joab took the royal city. As the siege of…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain 2Sa_12:26. The narrative now returns to chapter 2Sa_11:1. “The…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Success Against the Ammonites
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Joab fought ... he captured
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:26-31 David’s battle with the Ammonites, begun in ch…

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