“And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.”
2 Samuel 12:27 (KJV)
Context Reading
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. 26¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28Now 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. 29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.