Discovery Box2 Samuel 12:26
Context12:26 1 So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.
2 Samuel 12:29
Context12:29 So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.
2 Samuel 12:27
Context12:27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. 2
2 Samuel 17:27
Context17:27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
2 Samuel 11:1
Context11:1 In the spring of the year, at the time when kings 3 normally conduct wars, 4 David sent out Joab with his officers 5 and the entire Israelite army. 6 They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 7
[12:26] 1 sn 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’s sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. He now returns to the earlier story and brings it to a conclusion.
[12:27] 2 sn The expression translated the water supply of the city (Heb “the city of the waters”) apparently refers to that part of the fortified city that guarded the water supply of the entire city. Joab had already captured this part of the city, but he now defers to King David for the capture of the rest of the city. In this way the king will receive the credit for this achievement.
[11:1] 3 tc Codex Leningrad (B19A), on which BHS is based, has here “messengers” (הַמַּלְאכִים, hammal’khim), probably as the result of contamination from the occurrence of that word in v. 4. The present translation follows most Hebrew
[11:1] 5 tn Heb “and his servants with him.”
[11:1] 7 tn The disjunctive clause contrasts David’s inactivity with the army’s activity.
