John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 12:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, etc.] The rest of the soldiers in the land of Israel, and come to Rabbah: and encamp against the city; invest it in form: and take it; upon a surrender or by storm; for it could not hold out long: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name; so great a regard had Joab, though an ambitious man, to the fame and credit of David his king: so Craterus f194 at the siege of Artacacna, being prepared to take it, waited the coming of Alexander, that he might have the honour of it.

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