2 Samuel 12:27
New International Version
Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

New Living Translation
Joab sent messengers to tell David, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.

English Standard Version
And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

King James Bible
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

New King James Version
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.

New American Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

NASB 1995
Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

NASB 1977
And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

Amplified Bible
Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; I have even taken the city of waters.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured its water supply.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured the water supply.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yuab sent Messengers to David and he said: “I have fought with Rabbath and also I have seized the city of the kingdom

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters.

Contemporary English Version
and sent a messenger to tell David: I have attacked Rabbah and captured the fortress guarding the city water supply.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.

English Revised Version
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So he sent messengers to tell David, "I fought against Rabbah and captured the fortress guarding its water supply.

Good News Translation
He sent messengers to David to report: "I have attacked Rabbah and have captured its water supply.

International Standard Version
Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, "I just attacked Rabbah and captured its municipal water supply,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said: 'I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Literal Standard Version
and Joab sends messengers to David and says, “I have fought against Rabbah—I have also captured the city of waters;

Majority Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

New American Bible
He sent messengers to David to say: “I have fought against Rabbah and have taken the water-city.

NET Bible
Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

New Revised Standard Version
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the water city.

New Heart English Bible
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and have also taken the water supply of the city.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

World English Bible
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.

Young's Literal Translation
and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, 'I have fought against Rabbah -- also I have captured the city of waters;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Capture of Rabbah
26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress. 27Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. 28Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

2 Samuel 12:28
Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Rabbah

2 Samuel 11:1
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.

Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

Ezekiel 21:20
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

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2 Samuel 12
1. Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge.
7. David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned
15. David mourns and prays for the child while it lives
24. Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Joab
יוֹאָ֛ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

messengers
מַלְאָכִ֖ים (mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

David
דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

to say,
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I have fought
נִלְחַ֣מְתִּי (nil·ḥam·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

against Rabbah
בְרַבָּ֔ה (ḇə·rab·bāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7237: Rabbah -- two places in Israel

and have also
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

captured
לָכַ֖דְתִּי (lā·ḵaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

the water supply.
הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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