2 Samuel 12:26
David Captures Rabbah
26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
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26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:26
Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:26-31
(Read 2 Samuel 12:26-31)
To be thus severe in putting the children of Ammon to slavery was a sign that David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, at the time when this took place. We shall be most compassionate, kind, and forgiving to others, when we most feel our need of the Lord's forgiving love, and taste the sweetness of it in our own souls.