Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:28

28 Xiànzaì nǐ yào jùjí qíyú de jūn bīng lái , ān yíng wéi gōng zhè chéng , kǒngpà wǒ qǔ le zhè chéng , rén jiù yǐ wǒde míng jiào zhè chéng .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:28

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together
The rest of the soldiers in the land of Israel, and come to Rabbah:

and encamp against the city;
invest it in form:

and take it;
upon a surrender or by storm; for it could not hold out long:

lest I take the city, and it be called after my name;
so great a regard had Joab, though an ambitious man, to the fame and credit of David his king: so Craterus ^F1 at the siege of Artacacna, being prepared to take it, waited the coming of Alexander, that he might have the honour of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Curt. Hist. l. 6. c. 6.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 12:28 In-Context

26 Yuē yē gōng qǔ Yàmén rén de jīngchéng là bā .

27 Yuē yē dǎfa shǐzhĕ qù jiàn Dàwèi , shuō , wǒ gōngdǎ là bā , qǔ qí shuǐ chéng .

28 Xiànzaì nǐ yào jùjí qíyú de jūn bīng lái , ān yíng wéi gōng zhè chéng , kǒngpà wǒ qǔ le zhè chéng , rén jiù yǐ wǒde míng jiào zhè chéng .

29 Yúshì Dàwèi jùjí zhòng jūn , wǎng là bā qù gōng chéng , jiù qǔ le zhè chéng ,

30 Duó le Yàmén rén zhī wáng suǒ daì de jīn guānmiǎn ( wáng huò zuò mǎ lè kān . mǎ lè kān jiù shì mǐ lè gōng , yòu míng mó luò , yà mén zú zhī shén míng ) , qí shàng de jīnzi zhòng yī tā lián dé , yòu qiàn zhe bǎoshí . rén jiāng zhè guānmiǎn daì zaì Dàwèi tóu shàng . Dàwèi cóng chéng lǐ duó le xǔduō cáiwù ,