2 Samuel 12:29

29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

2 Samuel 12:29 in Other Translations

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

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

29 So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.

29 So David marshaled all the troops, went to Rabbah, and fought and captured it.

29 So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it.

2 Samuel 12:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 12:29

And David gathered all the people together
The soldiers that were with him, or near him; which was done partly to recruit Joab's troops, who, by the continuance of the siege, and the sallies of the enemy on them, might be greatly diminished; and partly to make conquests of other cities of the Ammonites, and to carry off the spoil of them:

and went to Rabbah;
which must be after the death of Uriah, and very probably during the time of Bathsheba's mourning for him:

and fought against it, and took it;
by assault.

2 Samuel 12:29 In-Context

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.”

29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

30 David took the crown from their king’s head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city

31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.