2 Samuel 11:1
International Standard Version
David’s Adultery
11 One spring day, during the time of year when kings go off to war, David sent out Joab, along with his personal staff[a] and all of Israel’s army. They utterly destroyed the Ammonites and then attacked Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 11:1 Lit. his servants
2 Samuel 12:26-31
International Standard Version
The Ammonites are Defeated
26 Meanwhile, Joab attacked the Ammonite city of[a] Rabbah and captured its stronghold. 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, “I just attacked Rabbah and captured its municipal water supply, 28 so call out the rest of the army, attack the city, and capture it. Otherwise, I’ll take the city myself and name it after me.” 29 So David mustered his entire army and marched on Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it. 30 He confiscated the crown of their king[b] from his head—it weighed one talent[c] in gold and was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He confiscated a great amount of war booty that had been plundered from the city, 31 brought back the people who had lived in it, placing them under conscripted labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. He did this to every Ammonite city, and then David and his entire army[d] returned to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 12:26 The Heb. lacks city of
- 2 Samuel 12:30 Lit. of Malcam; LXX reads king Molchol; cf. 1King 11:5, 33; Zeph 1:5
- 2 Samuel 12:30 I.e. about 75 pounds
- 2 Samuel 12:31 Lit. people
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