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2 Samuel 12:26
2 Samuel 12:26 is verse 26 of 2 Samuel chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
King James Version
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
World English Bible
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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2 Samuel 12:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
26 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 11:25Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
1 Chronicles 20:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.