Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the {Ammonites}, and he captured {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 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake. 26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:11

(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

1 Chronicles 20:1-3

And it came to pass, 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 tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

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