2 Samuel 12:26

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

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 consoled his wife Bathsheba, and went to her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he named him Solomon. The Lord loved him,

25 and sent a message by the prophet Nathan; so he named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

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

27 Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the water city.

28 Now, then, gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; or I myself will take the city, and it will be called by my name."