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2 Samuel 12:28

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Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”

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2 Samuel 12:28 in other translations

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

2 Samuel 12:28 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 12:28 in context

  1. 26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
  2. 27Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
  3. 28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
  4. 29David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
  5. 30He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.