2 Samuel 12:26
“¶ And Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the royall citie.”
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2 Samuel 12:26 Context
24¶ And Dauid comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in vnto her, and lay with her: and she bare a sonne, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loued him. 25And hee sent by the hand of Nathan the Prophet, and hee called his name Iedidiah, because of the Lord. 26¶ And Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the royall citie. 27And Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, and said, I haue fought against Rabbah, and haue taken the citie of waters. 28Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together, and encampe against the citie, and take it: lest I take the citie, and it be called after my name.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- King James Version
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
- Basic English Bible
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- Darby Bible
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- Webster's Bible
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- World English Bible
And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 12:26
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.