The Meaning of 2 Samuel 12:29 Explained

2 Samuel 12:29

KJV: And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

YLT: And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;

Darby: And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

ASV: And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 12:29?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

What does 2 Samuel 12:29 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 12:15-31 - Accepting The Lord's Judgment

When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1-19. He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 12:22; that he was whiter than snow, because the hand of the Redeemer had touched him, and the joy of God's salvation had been restored. And now he bowed himself before the train of evil consequences that must ensue. Sin may be forgiven, but the Father must needs chasten his child.

The little babe died. It cuts us to the quick when innocent children suffer for our wrong-doing. Two years after, David's sin was repeated by one of his sons, while another sought to dispossess his father of the throne. In Amnon's offense David beheld the features of his own passion, and in Absalom's revenge, his own blood-guiltiness. Psalms 41:1-13; Psalms 55:1-23 are supposed to record his sufferings during those dreary years, when it seemed as if the sunshine had passed forever from his life. The wonder is that he treated Rabbah so harshly; but it may be, as some think, that its fate was decided during the months which preceded his confession, when the misery of his soul made him petulant and exacting.

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Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 12

¹ Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes David to be his own judge
⁷ David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his sin, and is pardoned
¹⁵ David mourns and prays for the child while it lives
²⁴ Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah
²⁶ David takes Rabbah, and tortures the people thereof

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 12:29 mean?

So gathered together David - all the people and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־ כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ רַבָּ֑תָה וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם בָּ֖הּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף	So gathered together
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָסַף Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
דָּוִ֛ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעָ֖ם	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	and went
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
רַבָּ֑תָה	to Rabbah
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: רַבָּה Sense: the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan.
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם	and fought
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
בָּ֖הּ	against it
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ	and took it
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular Root: לָכַד Sense: to capture, take, seize.

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