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2 Samuel 12:26 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.2 Samuel 12:26 · King James Version
2 Samuel 12:26 in context
24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
26And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28Now 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- foughtlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- RabbahRabbâhRabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and WestH7237 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
- royalmᵉlûwkâhsomething ruledH4410 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
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We have here an account of the conquest of Rabbah, and other cities of the Ammonites. Though this comes in here after the birth of David's child, yet it is most probable that it was effected a good while before, and soon after the death of Uriah, perhaps during the days of Bath-sheba's mourning for him. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-31