2 Samuel 11:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֩ לִתְשׁוּבַ֨ת הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת ׀ צֵ֣את הַמַּלְאֿכִ֗ים וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח דָּוִ֡ד אֶת־יוֹאָב֩ וְאֶת־עֲבָדָ֨יו עִמּ֜וֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיַּשְׁחִ֙תוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ עַל־רַבָּ֑ה וְדָוִ֖ד יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-yhiy at təshûbat ha-shānâ at ʿēt ṣēʾt ha-malʾāchîm wə-yishlach Dāwid ʾet-Yôʾāb and ʾet-ʿăbādāyw with him and ʾet-kol-Yisrāʾēl and they wa-yashchîtû ʾet-bənêy ʿAmmôn and they wa-yāṣurû against Rabbâ and Dāwid yôshēb in Yərûshālāim

Grammar Details

*wə-yhiy*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass
*təshûbat ha-shānâ*: construct state - at the return of the year [i.e., spring]
*ʿēt ṣēʾt ha-malʾāchîm*: construct chain - at the time of the going out of the kings/messengers
*wə-yishlach*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿăbādāyw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
*kol-Yisrāʾēl*: all Israel
*wa-yashchîtû*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they destroyed/ravaged
*bənêy ʿAmmôn*: sons of Ammon, Ammonites
*wa-yāṣurû*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they besieged
*Rabbâ*: proper noun - capital city of Ammon
*yôshēb*: participle masculine singular - sitting/dwelling/remaining

Word Meanings

*təshûbat ha-shānâ*: return of the year/springtime/season when campaigns begin
*ṣēʾt ha-malʾāchîm*: going forth of kings/messengers/armies
*yashchîtû*: destroyed/ravaged/ruined
*yāṣurû*: besieged/encircled

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 20:1 : 1 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.
1 Kgs 20:22 : 22 And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
1 Kgs 20:26 : 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
Deut 3:11 : 11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
2 Chr 36:10 : 10 And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Eccl 3:8 : 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Ezek 21:20 : 20 Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
Zech 14:3 : 3 Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
2 Sam 12:26-28 : 26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters. 28 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 after my name.

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1 Chr 20:1
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1And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.
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2And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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6And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
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9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?
11And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
12And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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16And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.
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7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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2 Sam 11:25
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