27Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.


In Context

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;

25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

28 Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me."

29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

2nd Samuel 12:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27Joab sent messengers to David, and said, |I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, 'I have fought against Rabbah — also I have captured the city of waters;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.