David, Bathsheba, and Uriah

11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the (A)time when kings go out to battle, that (B)David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon 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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Rabbah Is Conquered(A)

20 It(B) happened [a]in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But (C)David stayed at Jerusalem. And (D)Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:1 Lit. at the return of the year

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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26 So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to (A)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 And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, (A)for [a]in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:22 Lit. at the return

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 of war,
And a time of 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 At the turn of the year (A)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, (B)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made (C)Zedekiah,[a] [b]Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Or Mattaniah
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit. his brother, 2 Kin. 24:17

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 (A)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of (B)the [a]giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in (C)Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 Heb. rephaim

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 Appoint a road for the sword to go to (A)Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

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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(A)

26 Now (B)Joab fought against (C)Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply. 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 after 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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Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the 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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