2 Samuel 12:29

Bishop's Bible

And Dauid gathered al the people together, & went against Rabba, and besieged it, and toke it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it.

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

King James Version
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Lexham English Bible
So David gathered all of the army, and he went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

English Standard Version
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.

New Century Version
So David gathered all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

New English Translation
So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

Amplified Bible
So David gathered all the men together and went to Rabbah, then fought against it and captured it.

New American Standard Bible
So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

Legacy Standard Bible
So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

Contemporary English Version
David called the rest of the army together and attacked Rabbah. He captured the city

Complete Jewish Bible
David assembled all the people, went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

Darby Translation
And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

Easy-to-Read Version
So David gathered all the soldiers together and went to Rabbah. He fought against Rabbah and captured the city.

George Lamsa Translation
So David gathered all the people together and went against Rabbath, and fought against it and took it.

Good News Translation
So David gathered his forces, went to Rabbah, attacked it, and conquered it.

Literal Translation
And David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Dauid gathered all ye people together, and wente, & foughte agaynst Rabba, and wanne it,

American Standard Version
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Bible in Basic English
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and tooke it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbath, and fought against it, and took it.

English Revised Version
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Berean Standard Bible
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Dauid gaderide al the puple, and he yede forth ayens Rabath; and whanne he hadde fouyte, he took it.

Young's Literal Translation
And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;

Update Bible Version
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David collected all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

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

New King James Version
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

New Living Translation
So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.

New Life Bible
So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah. He fought against it, and took it.

New Revised Standard
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So David gathered together all the people, and went to Rabbah, - and fought against it, and captured it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then David gathered all the people together, and went out against Rabbath: and after fighting, he took it.

Revised Standard Version
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

Contextual Overview

²⁶ Then Ioab fought against Rabba of the children of Ammon, and toke the citie of the kingdome. ²⁷ And Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, saying: I haue fought against Rabba, and haue taken the citie of waters. ²⁸ Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the citie, that thou mayst take it: lest I take it, & it be called after my name. ²⁹ And Dauid gathered al the people together, & went against Rabba, and besieged it, and toke it. ³⁰ And he toke their kinges crowne from of his head (which wayed a talent of golde, & in it were precious stones) and it was set on Dauids head, and he brought away the spoyle of the citie, in exceeding great abundaunce. ³¹ And he caryed away the people that was therein, & put them vnder sawes, and vnder iron harrowes, and vnder axes of iron, & thrust them into the tylekyll: thus dyd he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And so Dauid and al the people returned vnto Hierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:27 - the son of Nahash

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David gathered all the people together,.... The soldiers that were with him, or near him; which was done partly to recruit Joab's troops, who, by the continuance of the siege, and the sallies of the enemy on them, might be greatly diminished; and partly to make conquests of other cities of the Ammonites, and to carry off the spoil of them:

and went to Rabbah; which must be after the death of Uriah, and very probably during the time of Bathsheba's mourning for him:

and fought against it, and took it; by assault.