2 Samuel 12:26

26 Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.

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 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He had intercourse with her, and she bore a son, whom David named Solomon. The Lord loved the boy

25 and commanded the prophet Nathan to name the boy Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him.

26 Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.

27 He sent messengers to David to report: "I have attacked Rabbah and have captured its water supply.

28 Now gather the rest of your forces, attack the city and take it yourself. I don't want to get the credit for capturing it."