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


In Context

24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;

25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.

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

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

28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.|

29 David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

2 Samuel 12:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:27Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

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 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.