2 Samuel 12:28

Now therefore, gather the remaining portion of the people together, and besiege the city and take it. Otherwise, when the city will have been laid waste by me, the victory will be ascribed to my name.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: “I have struggled against Rabbah, and so the City of Waters will soon be seized.

29And so David gathered together all the people, and he set out against Rabbah. And after he had fought, he seized it.

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Cross References

John 7:18Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But whoever seeks the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and injustice is not 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 →

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