Bible Cross References
A. M. 2969. B.C. 1035. And it came
2 Samuel 11:1
The following spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in Jerusalem.
after the year was expired
1 Kings 20:22
Then the prophet went to King Ahab and said, "Go back and build up your forces and make careful plans, because the king of Syria will attack again next spring."
1 Kings 20:26
The following spring he called up his men and marched with them to the city of Aphek to attack the Israelites.
2 Kings 13:20
Elisha died and was buried. Every year bands of Moabites used to invade the land of Israel.
wasted
Isaiah 6:11
I asked, "How long will it be like this, Lord?" He answered, "Until the cities are ruined and empty---until the houses are uninhabited---until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.
Isaiah 54:16
"I create the blacksmith, who builds a fire and forges weapons. I also create the soldier, who uses the weapons to kill.
Rabbah
Deuteronomy 3:11
(King Og was the last of the Rephaim. His coffin, made of stone, was six feet wide and almost fourteen feet long, according to standard measurements. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.
2 Samuel 17:27
When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash, from the city of Rabbah in Ammon, and by Machir son of Ammiel, from Lodebar, and by Barzillai, from Rogelim in Gilead.
Jeremiah 49:2
But the time is coming when I will make the people of the capital city of Rabbah hear the noise of battle, and it will be left in ruins and its villages burned to the ground. Then Israel will take its land back from those who took it from them.
Jeremiah 49:3
People of Heshbon, cry out! Ai is destroyed! Women of Rabbah, go into mourning! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Run about in confusion. Your god Molech will be taken into exile, together with his priests and princes.
Ezekiel 21:20
One will show the king the way to the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and the other the way to Judah, to the fortified city, Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 25:5
I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the LORD.
Amos 1:14
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Rabbah and burn down its fortresses. Then there will be shouts on the day of battle, and the fighting will rage like a storm.
Joab smote
2 Samuel 11:16-25
16
So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.
17
The enemy troops came out of the city and fought Joab's forces; some of David's officers were killed, and so was Uriah.
18
Then Joab sent a report to David telling him about the battle,
19
and he instructed the messenger, "After you have told the king all about the battle,
20
he may get angry and ask you, 'Why did you go so near the city to fight them? Didn't you realize that they would shoot arrows from the walls?
21
Don't you remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? It was at Thebez, where a woman threw a millstone down from the wall and killed him. Why, then, did you go so near the wall?' If the king asks you this, tell him, 'Your officer Uriah was also killed.' "
22
So the messenger went to David and told him what Joab had commanded him to say.
23
He said, "Our enemies were stronger than we were and came out of the city to fight us in the open, but we drove them back to the city gate.
24
Then they shot arrows at us from the wall, and some of Your Majesty's officers were killed; your officer Uriah was also killed."
25
David said to the messenger, "Encourage Joab and tell him not to be upset, since you never can tell who will die in battle. Tell him to launch a stronger attack on the city and capture it."
2 Samuel 12:26-31
26
Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.
27
He sent messengers to David to report: "I have attacked Rabbah and have captured its water supply.
28
Now gather the rest of your forces, attack the city and take it yourself. I don't want to get the credit for capturing it."
29
So David gathered his forces, went to Rabbah, attacked it, and conquered it.
30
From the head of the idol of the Ammonite god Molech David took a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds and had a jewel in it. David took the jewel and put it in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city
31
and put its people to work with saws, iron hoes, and iron axes, and forced them to work at making bricks. He did the same to the people of all the other towns of Ammon. Then he and his men returned to Jerusalem.