2 Samuel 12:28

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.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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, and said: 'I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

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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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