2 Samuel 12:28

28 Now 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.

2 Samuel 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.

2 Samuel 12:28 In-Context

26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said , I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

28 Now 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.

29 And David gathered all the people together , and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance .

Footnotes

• [a]. it be called...: Heb. my name be called upon it