2 Samuel 12:29 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So David gathered all his troops together and went to Rabbah, attacked the city, and captured it.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse shows David finally completing the military campaign against the Ammonite capital city of Rabbah that his army had been fighting.

📚 Historical Context

This verse concludes the siege of Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammonites, which had been ongoing while David was dealing with his personal crisis involving Bathsheba and Uriah. Joab, David's military commander, had been leading the siege and sent word to David that the city was ready to fall, asking David to come personally to claim the victory so that the conquest would be credited to David rather than Joab.

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