2 Samuel 12:27

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.)
  • 2 Sam 11:1 : 1 It happened, 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 stayed at Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 21:20 : 20 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

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  • 2 Sam 12:26
    90%

    26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

  • 2 Sam 12:28-29
    2 verses
    83%

    28Now 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."

    29David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    80%

    1It happened, 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 stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.

  • 2 Sam 11:16-20
    5 verses
    75%

    16It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

    17The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

    18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    19and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

    20it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he asks you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    75%

    1It happened, 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 stayed at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 10:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

    8The 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.

  • 1 Chr 19:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

    9The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

  • 1 Chr 19:15
    70%

    15When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 11:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

    23The messenger said to David, "The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.

  • 2 Sam 10:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

    14When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 11:25
    69%

    25Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall 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."

  • 2 Sam 20:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

    16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"

  • 2 Sam 2:13
    69%

    13Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

  • Amos 1:14
    69%

    14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

  • 1 Chr 11:5-7
    3 verses
    68%

    5The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You shall not come in here." Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is the city of David.

    6David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain." Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

    7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    68%

    17It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    68%

    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 8:3
    68%

    3David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

  • 1 Chr 18:3
    67%

    3David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    67%

    11The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Sam 8:9
    67%

    9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,

  • Isa 37:25
    67%

    25I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt."

  • 2 Sam 11:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6David sent to Joab, [saying], "Send me Uriah the Hittite." Joab sent Uriah to David.

    7When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

  • 1 Chr 18:9
    67%

    9When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    67%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    67%

    12of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    67%

    17It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

  • 1 Chr 21:2
    67%

    2David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them."

  • Isa 22:9
    67%

    9You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

  • 2 Sam 5:7
    66%

    7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

  • Ezek 21:20
    66%

    20You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    66%

    4He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    66%

    26When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn't know it.

  • 1 Chr 18:7
    66%

    7David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 5:20
    66%

    20David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    66%

    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    66%

    4Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.