2 Samuel 12:26

26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

2 Samuel 12:26 in Other Translations

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

26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.

26 Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifications.

26 Joab, at war in Rabbah against the Ammonites, captured the royal city.

26 Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

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, 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;

25 and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

26 Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

28 Now 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.”

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 3:11; 1 Chronicles 20:1-3