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2 Samuel 12:27 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 27
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.2 Samuel 12:27 · King James Version
2 Samuel 12:27 in context
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.
29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- foughtlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- RabbahRabbâhRabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and WestH7237 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- takenlâkadto catchH3920 →
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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