2 Samuel 12:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Meanwhile, Joab fought against the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its royal fortress.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

2 Samuel 12:26 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.)

1 Chronicles 20:1 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

12:26 Royal city - That is, that part of the city where was the king's palace; though now it seems he was retired to a strong fort.

MHC:

12:26-31 To be thus severe in putting the children of Ammon to slavery was a sign that David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, at the time when this took place. We shall be most compassionate, kind, and forgiving to others, when we most feel our need of the Lord's forgiving love, and taste the sweetness of it in our own souls.

CONC:

Ammon Ammonites Bene-ammon Captured Captureth Citadel Fighteth Fighting Fought Joab Jo'ab Rabbah Royal Sons Water-town

Ammon Ammonites Bene-Ammon Captured Captureth Children Citadel City Fighteth Fighting Fought Joab Jo'ab Meanwhile Rabbah Royal

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