Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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- KJV And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
- BSB Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
- NKJV And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.
- NASB Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.
- NLT Joab sent messengers to tell David, “I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.
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- Deut 3:11(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 width, after the cubit of a man.)
- 2 Sam 11:1At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, 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 21:20You 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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