2 Samuel 12:29
27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
28 Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
30 Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
31 David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
- KJV
- And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
- WEB
- David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
- ASV
- And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
- DARBY
- And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
- BLB
- And David gathered together all the people, and he went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
- ÅB
- Da samlet David alt folket og dro til Rabba; og han stred mot det og inntok det.
- OTB
- Så samlet David alt folket og dro til Rabba, kjempet mot byen, og erobret den.
- B1930
- Da samlet David alt folket og drog til Rabba; og han stred mot det og inntok det.