2 Samuel 12:26

2 Samuel 12:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifications.

Context of 2 Samuel 12:26

24Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; 25and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah. Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. 27Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. 28Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”

2 Samuel 12:26 word by word

וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם יוֹאָ֔ב בְּרַבַּ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Rabbahרַבָּהrabbâh · RabbahH7237
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• and tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• the royalמְלוּכָהmelûkâh · kingshipH4410
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 12:26

• 2 Samuel 11:25David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”
• 1 Chronicles 20:1In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26And took the royal city - How can this be, when Joab sent to David to come to take the city, in consequence of which David did come and take that city? The explanation seems to be this: Rabbah was composed of a city and citadel; the former, in which was the king's residence, Joab had taken, and supposed he could soon render himself master of the latter, and therefore sends to David to come and take it, lest, he taking the whole, the city should be called…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 26-31 To be thus severe in putting the children of Ammon to slavery was a sign that David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, at the time when this took place. We shall be most compassionate, kind, and forgiving to others, when we most feel our need of the Lord's forgiving love, and taste the sweetness of it in our own souls.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-31David's fight with the Ammonites, which began in 2 Samuel 10, ended in success.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Joab fought against Rabbah--The time during which this siege lasted, since the intercourse with Bath-sheba, and the birth of at least one child, if not two, occurred during the progress of it, probably extended over two years.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 12:26

• Ammonites
• Cities
• David
• Joab
• Liberality
• Rabbah

In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• Joab
• Rabbah
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Ammon, Ammonite
• Royal City
• Ammonite
• Fast
• Fourfold
• Parable

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings