2 Samuel 12:28

So please call up the rest of the army, besiege the town, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and I will get the credit.”

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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

27Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, “I have attacked Rabbah and I have also captured its water supply.

29So David called up the rest of the army and marched on Rabbah. He attacked it and captured it.

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Cross References

John 7:18Those who speak for themselves want to glorify themselves, but someone who glorifies the one who sent him is truthful and not deceitful.

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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