Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.
And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 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.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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