2Sa 12:25-31 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Samuel 12:25-31 (NET)

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12:25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.

David’s Forces Defeat the Ammonites

12:26 So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city. 12:27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. 12:28 So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.” 12:29 So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it. 12:30 He took the crown of their king from his head– it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone– and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder. 12:31 He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Jedidiah son of David

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Joab son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel

· Nathan a son of David; the father of Mattatha; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of David and Bathsheba,brother of Joel in David's army; a prophet,father of Igal, one of David's military elite; a man from Zobah,father of Azariah and Zabud, priestly officials of King Solomon,son of Attai of Judah,brother of Joel, one of David's military elite,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife

· Rabbah a town; the capital of the nation of Ammon. It is now called Amman, the capital of Jordan.,a town in the hill country of Judah

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NET Notes: 2Sa 12:25 The name Jedidiah means “loved by the Lord.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 12:26 Here the narrative resumes the battle story that began in 11:1 (see 11:25). The author has interrupted that story to give the related account of David...

NET Notes: 2Sa 12:27 The expression translated the water supply of the city (Heb “the city of the waters”) apparently refers to that part of the fortified city...

NET Notes: 2Sa 12:28 Heb “people.” So also in vv. 29, 31.

NET Notes: 2Sa 12:30 Heb “and its weight [was] a talent of gold.” The weight of this ornamental crown was approximately 75 lbs (34 kg). See P. K. McCarter, II ...

NET Notes: 2Sa 12:31 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

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