2 Samuel 12:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. ”

2 Samuel 12:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city of waters - The lower town of Rabbah (the modern Ammam), so called from a stream which rises within it and flows through it. The upper town with the citadel lay on a hill to the north of...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of (r) waters. (r) That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.
2 Samuel 12:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12. David's Repentance. Capture of Rabbah (J). The section concerning Nathan ( 2 Samuel 12:1-15 a ) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

city of waters . Figure of speech Hypallage. App-6. waters of the city: i.e. the lower waters or town, cutting off the citadel, which David came and took.
2 Samuel 12:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. And have taken the city of waters - The city where the tank or reservoir was that supplie...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters, &c.— Rabbah was a royal, a large, and a populous city, watered, and in some measure encompassed by the river Jabbok. It had its...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. The city of waters. Rabbah, like Aroer, was divided into two parts-one, the lower...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Repentance and Pardon. The Capture of Rabbah 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3-5 .
2 Samuel 12:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XV. DAVID AND NATHAN. 2 Samuel 12:1-12 ; 2 Samuel 12:26-31 . IT is often the method of the writers of Scripture, when the stream of public history has been broken by a private or pers...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Accepting the Lord's Judgment 2 Samuel 12:15-31 When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1-19 . He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 1...
2 Samuel 12:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(26) В¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. (27) And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of wa...
2 Samuel 12:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joab sent messengers to David ,.... To acquaint him how he had proceeded, and what success he had had: and said, I have fought against Rabbah ; laid siege to it, and skirmished with parties th...
2 Samuel 12:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. Ver. 27. The city of waters, ] i.e., a The palace royal encompassed with waters,...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Took the royal city That is, that part of the city where the king's palace was; though now, it seems, he was retired to a strong fort. It is not to be supposed that Joab had continued the siege so...
2 Samuel 12:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David did not immediately confess his sin to God, and Psalms 32:3-4 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Conquest of Rabbah. B. C. 1036. 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The same royal city so called, because it either stood beside the river, or was encompassed with water, both for defence and delight. Although the words are by some learned men rendered thus, I have...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:26 . The narrative now returns to chapter 2 Samuel 11:1 . “The royal city .” From 2 Samuel 12:29 it appears that Rabbah was not wholly captured unti...
2 Samuel 12:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:1 . The Lord sent Nathan to David. The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves n...
2 Samuel 12:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not t...
2 Samuel 12:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Success Against the Ammonites
2 Samuel 12:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:1 ; Deuteronomy 3:11 ; Ezekiel 21:20
2 Samuel 12:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of waters — Rabbah was so called because it was encompassed with water.

2 Samuel 12:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 12:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 12:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 12:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 12:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 12:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 12:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes