Joab sent messengers to tell David,“ I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.

约押打发使者去见大卫，说：“我攻打拉巴，取其水城。

约押派使者到大卫那里，说：“我攻打拉巴，也攻占了水城。

约押派使者到大卫那里，说：“我攻打拉巴，也攻占了水城。

他派人去向大卫禀告说：“我攻打拉巴，已经占领了城的水源。

约押派遣使者去见大卫，说：“我攻打拉巴，已经攻取了水城。

約押打發使者去見大衛，說：「我攻打拉巴，取其水城。

約押派使者到大衛那裏，說：「我攻打拉巴，也攻佔了水城。

約押派使者到大衛那裏，說：「我攻打拉巴，也攻佔了水城。

他派人去向大衛稟告說：「我攻打拉巴，已經佔領了城的水源。

約押派遣使者去見大衛，說：“我攻打拉巴，已經攻取了水城。

約押打發使者去見大衛，說：『我攻打拉巴，居然攻取了水城。

約押派遣使者去見大衛，說：「我攻打拉巴，已經攻取了水城。

遣使見大衛曰、我攻拉巴、取其水城、

遣使至大闢曰、我攻喇巴、絕其邑中水道。

約押遣使告大衛曰、我攻拉巴、已取水城、

Joab then sent messengers to David, saying,“ I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

He sent messengers to David. He told them to say,“ I have fought against Rabbah. I’ve taken control of its water supply.

And Joab sent messengers to David and said,“ I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.

Then Joab sent messengers to David to say,“ I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured its water supply.

Then Joab sent messengers to David and said,“ I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said,“ I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Then Joab sent messengers to David to say,“ I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured the water supply.

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

Joab then sent messengers to David, saying,“ I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

Joab sent messengers to David, and said,“ I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.

In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

( King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

one road going to Ammon and its capital, Rabbah, and the other to Judah and fortified Jerusalem.