27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.
27 He sent messengers to David saying, "I'm fighting at Rabbah, and I've just captured the city's water supply.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city's water supply.
27 Joab sent messengers to tell David, "I have fought against Rabbah and captured its water supply.
29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
29 So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
29 So David marshaled all the troops, went to Rabbah, and fought and captured it.
29 So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.
29 So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.
(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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:27
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.