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2 Samuel 12:27
2 Samuel 12:27 is verse 27 of 2 Samuel chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Or and have captured the city of waters
King James Version
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
World English Bible
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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2 Samuel 12:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
29 So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
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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 11:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Ezekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.