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2 Samuel 12:27
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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2 Samuel 12:27 in other translations
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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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. The LORD loved him;
25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD’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 by my name.”
29 David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
30 He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.
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