2 Samuel 12:26

26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

2 Samuel 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:26

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon
Of his being sent against it, and of his besieging it, we read in ( 2 Samuel 11:1 ) ; but it can hardly be thought that he had been so long besieging it, as that David had two children by Bathsheba; but the account of the finishing of it is placed here, that the story concerning Bathsheba might lie together without any interruption:

and took the royal city;
or that part of it in which the king's palace was, and which, as Abarbinel observes, was without the city, as the palaces of kings now usually are.

2 Samuel 12:26 In-Context

24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

25 And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

27 And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.

28 So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.