2 Samuel 12:29
in 2 Samuel 12So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
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ASV
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
KJV
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
gathered all the people together
on 2 Samuel 12:29-31
David gathers the people, comes to Rabbah, and finishes what Joab began, taking the Ammonite king's crown, a talent of gold set with precious stones, onto his own head. Matthew Henry notes the irony of a man under such recent conviction reaching for a crown's glory rather than laying it at God's feet, a small echo of the same appetite chapter eleven exposed. The chapter's last verse records David putting the Ammonites to hard labour with saws and axes and the brickkiln, and John Wesley reads the harshness as the mark of a heart not yet fully returned to its former mercy. The chapter that opened with a shepherd's ewe lamb closes with a king's captured crown, the household sentence of verse ten still running its course through the chapters ahead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the L ORD . And Nathan said unto David, The L ORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the L ORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:90%@v13-14
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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף | vaiyeesof | and he gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| דָּוִ֛ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| רַבָּ֑תָה | rabatah | Rabbah towards | H7237 → | 15 times |
| וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם | vaiyilachem | and he fought | H3898 → | 177 times |
| בָּ֖הּ | bah | against <the> it | ||
| וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ | vaiyilkedah | and he captured it | H3920 → | 121 times |
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףand he gathered
vaiyeesofH622 →200 times
דָּוִ֛דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
רַבָּ֑תָהRabbah towards
rabatahH7237 →15 times
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםand he fought
vaiyilachemH3898 →177 times
בָּ֖הּagainst <the> it
bah
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃and he captured it
vaiyilkedahH3920 →121 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.