2 Samuel 12:28
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
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27And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
29Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
Cross References
John 7:18The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:27-31
The Conquest of Rabbah. ( b. c. 1036.) 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now 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. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 And he took their… Read the whole commentary →