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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 12:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Sa 12:26 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joab [03097] fought [03898] against Rabbah [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and took [03920] the royal [04410] city [05892]. |
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King James |
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
RABBAH IS TAKEN. (Sa2 12:26-31)
Joab fought against Rabbah--The time during which this siege lasted, since the intercourse with Bath-sheba, and the birth of at least one child, if not two, occurred during the progress of it, probably extended over two years. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Conquest of Rabbah, and Punishment of the Ammonites (comp. Ch1 20:1-3). - "Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the king's city." המּלוּכה עיר, the capital of the kingdom, is the city with the exception of the acropolis, as Sa2 12:27 clearly shows, where the captured city is called "the water-city." Rabbah was situated, as the ruins of Ammn show, on both banks of the river (Moiet) Ammn (the upper Jabbok), in a valley which is shut in upon the north and south by two bare ranges of hills of moderate height, and is not more than 200 paces in breadth. "The northern height is crowned by the castle, the ancient acropolis, which stands on the north-western side of the city, and commands the whole city" (see Burckhardt, Syria ii. pp. 612ff., and Ritter, Erdkunde xv. pp. 1145ff.). After taking the water-city, Joab sent messengers to David, to inform him of the result of the siege, and say to him, "Gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city (i.e., the acropolis, which may have been peculiarly strong), and take it, that I may not take the city (also), and my name be named upon it," i.e., the glory of the conquest be ascribed to me. Luther adopts this explanation in his free rendering, "and I have a name from it." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Royal city - That is, that part of the city where was the king's palace; though now it seems he was retired to a strong fort. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And took the royal city - How can this be, when Joab sent to David to come to take the city, in consequence of which David did come and take that city? The explanation seems to be this: Rabbah was composed of a city and citadel; the former, in which was the king's residence, Joab had taken, and supposed he could soon render himself master of the latter, and therefore sends to David to come and take it, lest, he taking the whole, the city should be called after his name. |
26 And Joab [03097] fought [03898] against Rabbah [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and took [03920] the royal [04410] city [05892].
27 And Joab [03097] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and said [0559], I have fought [03898] against Rabbah [07237], and have taken [03920] the city [05892] of waters [04325].
28 Now therefore gather [0622] the rest [03499] of the people [05971] together [0622], and encamp [02583] against the city [05892], and take [03920] it: lest I take [03920] the city [05892], and it be called [07121] after my name [08034].
29 And David [01732] gathered [0622] all the people [05971] together [0622], and went [03212] to Rabbah [07237], and fought [03898] against it, and took [03920] it.
30 And he took [03947] their king's [04428] crown [05850] from off his head [07218], the weight [04948] whereof was a talent [03603] of gold [02091] with the precious [03368] stones [068]: and it was set on David's [01732] head [07218]. And he brought forth [03318] the spoil [07998] of the city [05892] in great [03966] abundance [07235].
31 And he brought forth [03318] the people [05971] that were therein, and put [07760] them under saws [04050], and under harrows [02757] of iron [01270], and under axes [04037] of iron [01270], and made them pass [05674] through the brickkiln [04404]: and thus did [06213] he unto all the cities [05892] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]. So David [01732] and all the people [05971] returned [07725] unto Jerusalem [03389].
27 And Joab [03097] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to David [01732], and said [0559], I have fought [03898] against Rabbah [07237], and have taken [03920] the city [05892] of waters [04325].
1 And it came to pass, that after [06256] the year [08141] was expired [08666], at the time [06256] that kings [04428] go out [03318] to battle, Joab [03097] led forth [05090] the power [02428] of the army [06635], and wasted [07843] the country [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and came [0935] and besieged [06696] Rabbah [07237]. But David [01732] tarried [03427] at Jerusalem [03389]. And Joab [03097] smote [05221] Rabbah [07237], and destroyed [02040] it.
2 And David [01732] took [03947] the crown [05850] of their king [04428] from off his head [07218], and found [04672] it to weigh [04948] a talent [03603] of gold [02091], and there were precious [03368] stones [068] in it; and it was set upon David's [01732] head [07218]: and he brought [03318] also exceeding [03966] much [07235] spoil [07998] out of the city [05892].
3 And he brought out [03318] the people [05971] that were in it, and cut [07787] them with saws [04050], and with harrows [02757] of iron [01270], and with axes [04050]. Even so dealt [06213] David [01732] with all the cities [05892] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]. And David [01732] and all the people [05971] returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].