2 Samuel 11:1; Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 21:20
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 t...
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 wh...
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 add...
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 a...
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...
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 me...
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, lik...
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 1...
The city of waters ] i.e. the lower town of Rabbah, on the Jabbok. It received this name because of a perennial stream which rises within it and whi...
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 p...
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 h...
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 lov...
(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 fo...
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...
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....
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...
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 Nat...
The Conquest of Rabbah. B. C. 1036. ...
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 wo...
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 i...
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 w...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 12:1 Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samue...
Success Against the Ammonites
And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters, for it lap on both banks of the Upper Ja...
Of waters — Rabbah was so called because it was encompassed with water.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.