David and Bathsheba

11 (A)(B)In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged (C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

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David and Bathsheba

11 In the spring,(A) at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab(B) out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.(C) They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.(D) But David remained in Jerusalem.

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The Capture of Rabbah

20 (A)In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And (B)Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

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The Capture of Rabbah(A)

20 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah(B) and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.(C)

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Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad Again

26 (A)In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to (B)Aphek to fight against Israel.

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26 The next spring(A) Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek(B) to fight against Israel.

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22 Then (A)the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Come, strengthen yourself, and consider well what you have to do, for (B)in the spring the king of Syria will come up against you.”

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22 Afterward, the prophet(A) came to the king of Israel and said, “Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring(B) the king of Aram will attack you again.”

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a time to love, and a time to (A)hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

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    a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

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10 In (A)the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, (B)with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother (C)Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,(A) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,[a] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)

11 (For (A)only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of (B)the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in (C)Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits[a] was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the (D)common cubit.[b])

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Deuteronomy 3:11 Hebrew cubit of a man

11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(A) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(B) of the Ammonites.)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

20 Mark a way (A)for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.

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20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites(A) and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

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Rabbah Is Captured

26 (A)Now Joab (B)fought against (C)Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters. 28 Now then 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.”

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26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah(A) of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. 27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. 28 Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”

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(A)Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.

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Then the Lord will go out and fight(A) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.(B)

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