Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the {Ammonites}, and he captured {the royal city}.

New American Standard Bible

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

International Standard Version

Meanwhile, Joab attacked the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its stronghold.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

Bible in Basic English

Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Joab will fight against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he will take the city of the kingdom.

King James 2000

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

Modern King James verseion

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And as Joab fought against Rabbah, the city of the children of Ammon, he took the king's Tower,

NET Bible

So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And Joab fought against Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, - and captured the royal city.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יואב 
Yow'ab 
Usage: 145

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

רבּה 
Rabbah 
Usage: 15

of Ammon
עמּון 
`Ammown 
Usage: 105

and took
לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

the royal
מלוּכה 
M@luwkah 
Usage: 24

Context Readings

Battle With The Ammonites

25 He sent [word] by the hand of Nathan the prophet, so he called him Jedidiah because of Yahweh. 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the {Ammonites}, and he captured {the royal city}. 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, "We have fought against Rabbah, and we captured the city of the waters.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:11

(For only Og, king of Bashan, was left from the remnant of the Rephaim. Indeed, his bedstead--it [was] a bedstead of iron. It is in Rabbah of the {Ammonites}. Nine cubits [is] its length, and four cubits [is] its width according to the cubit of a man.)

1 Chronicles 20:1-3

And it happened [that] {in the spring time of year}, the time [when] kings go out [to battle], Joab led the troops of the army and destroyed the land of the {Ammonites}. And he came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, '{Do not feel badly about this matter}; {now one and then another} the sword will devour. Intensify your attack on the city and overthrow it.'" And he encouraged him.

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