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2 Samuel 11:1
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 11:1
Contemporary English Version
David and Bathsheba
(1 Chronicles 20.1a)
11 (A) It was now spring, the time when kings go to war.[a] David sent out the whole Israelite army under the command of Joab and his officers. They destroyed the Ammonite army and surrounded the capital city of Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.
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- 11.1 when … war: Or “when the messengers had gone to Ammon” (see 10.2) or “the time when the kings had gone to war” (see 10.6-8).
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