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OET (OET-RV) So now, gather the rest of our fighters and lay siege to the city and capture it. Otherwise I’ll do it and then it’ll be named after me.
OET-LV And_now gather DOM the_rest_of the_people and_encamp on the_city and_capture_it lest I_should_take I DOM the_city and_called name_of_me over_it.
UHB וְעַתָּ֗ה אֱסֹף֙ אֶת־יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם וַחֲנֵ֥ה עַל־הָעִ֖יר וְלָכְדָ֑הּ פֶּן־אֶלְכֹּ֤ד אֲנִי֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר וְנִקְרָ֥א שְׁמִ֖י עָלֶֽיהָ׃ ‡
(vəˊattāh ʼₑşof ʼet-yeter hāˊām vaḩₐnēh ˊal-hāˊir vəlākədāh pen-ʼelkod ʼₐnī ʼet-hāˊir vəniqrāʼ shəmiy ˊāleyhā.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ νῦν συνάγαγε τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ παρέμβαλε ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ προκαταλαβοῦ αὐτὴν, ἵνα μὴ προκαταλάβωμαι ἐγὼ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ κληθῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτήν.
(Kai nun sunagage to kataloipon tou laou, kai parembale epi taʸn polin, kai prokatalabou autaʸn, hina maʸ prokatalabōmai egō taʸn polin, kai klaʸthaʸ to onoma mou epʼ autaʸn. )
BrTr And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it beforehand; lest I take the city first, and my name be called upon it.
ULT And now, gather the remainder of the people and lay siege to the city and overthrow it, lest I take the city myself and my name is called to it.
UST Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named for me instead: The City of Joab.”
BSB Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me
MSB (Same as above)
OEB Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it, lest I take the city and it should be called by my name.’
WEBBE Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”
LSV and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name has been called on it.”
FBV So please call up the rest of the army, besiege the town, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and I will get the credit.”
T4T Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named ‘the City of Joab’.”
LEB No LEB 2 SAM book available
BBE So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
Moff No Moff 2 SAM book available
JPS Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.'
ASV Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
DRA Now therefore gather thou the rest of the people together, and besiege the city and take it: lest when the city shall be wasted by me, the victory be ascribed to my name.
YLT and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'
Drby And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city and take it: lest I take the city and it be called by my name.
RV Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
SLT And now gather together the rest of the people and encamp against the city, and take it, lest I shall take the city, and my name was called upon it.
Wbstr Now therefore collect the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
KJB-1769 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.[fn]
12.28 it be called…: Heb. my name be called upon it
KJB-1611 [fn]Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together, and encampe against the citie, and take it: lest I take the citie, and it be called after my name.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
12:28 Hebr. my name be called vpon it.
Bshps No Bshps 2 SAM book available
Gnva Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city, that thou mayest take it, lest the victorie be attributed to me.
(Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city, that thou/you mayest/may take it, lest the victory be attributed to me. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 2 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 2 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 2 SAM book available
ClVg Nunc igitur congrega reliquam partem populi, et obside civitatem, et cape eam: ne cum a me vastata fuerit urbs, nomini meo ascribatur victoria.
(now therefore congrega reliquam part of_the_people, and obside the_city, and cape her: not when/with from me vesseltata has_been city, to_the_name mine ascribatur victoria. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 2 SAM book available
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) if I take
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest_of the,people and,encamp on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=city and,capture,it lest capture I DOM the=city and,called name_of,me over,it )
Here Joab speaks of himself when he is actually referring to himself and his soldiers. Alternate translation: “if my soldiers and I take”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) camp against
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest_of the,people and,encamp on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=city and,capture,it lest capture I DOM the=city and,called name_of,me over,it )
This means to surround and attack. Alternate translation: “besiege” or “surround”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) take it … take the city
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest_of the,people and,encamp on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=city and,capture,it lest capture I DOM the=city and,called name_of,me over,it )
“Taking” a place or landmark means to take control of it. Alternate translation: “take control of it … take control of the city”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) it will be named
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest_of the,people and,encamp on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=city and,capture,it lest capture I DOM the=city and,called name_of,me over,it )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “people will name it”
2 Samuel 8:1-8; 10:1-19; 12:21-31; 1 Chronicles 18:2-11; 19:1-19; 20:1-3
The accounts of David’s greatest military victories stand like bookends around the record of David’s most grievous sins. Sometime after David brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem and the Lord promised to establish his dynasty over Israel, David achieved a series of victories over virtually all of Israel’s neighboring nations. These began with David’s capture of Metheg-ammah (likely Gath) and all of Philistia and was followed by his victory over Moab. Then Nahash king of Ammon died, and David sent envoys to express his condolences to Nahash’s son Hanun, who had now become king. Hanun, however, intentionally humiliated David’s envoys, shaving off half their beards and cutting off the bottom half of their garments before sending them back to Israel. When David heard of it, he sent word to his envoys to remain at Jericho until their beards grew back. In the meantime, the Ammonites called upon several Aramean nations to help them fight against Israel, which was likely their original intent for humiliating David’s envoys. Warriors came from Beth-rehob and Zobah, which lay between Israel and Hamath farther north, as well as from Maacah (see “Geshur and Maacah” map) and Tob. The writer of 1 Chronicles also notes that soldiers came from Mesopotamia as well. David sent his commander Joab to fight this coalition at Rabbah. The writer of 1 Chronicles consistently speaks of the battle occurring at Medeba, rather than Rabbah, but the town of Medeba south of Heshbon seems an unlikely location for the battle. Perhaps Rabbah was also referred to at times as Medeba. In any case, Joab and his brother Abishai divided their forces into two groups, with Joab leading the fight against the Arameans to the north and Abishai leading the fight against the Ammonites just outside the gates of Rabbah. As Joab advanced, the Arameans fled, which in turn led the Ammonites to retreat behind the walls of Rabbah. After this Joab (and probably his forces) returned home to Israel. But the Arameans regrouped and added more troops from Aramean nations beyond the Euphrates River. David met them in battle at Helam (likely modern Alma) and won a great victory over them, even killing their commander Shobah (or Shophach). After this the Arameans made peace with Israel. Sometime later David also subjugated the Edomites, who lived to the south of Moab. It was likely sometime after this that David engaged in adultery with the wife of Uriah, one of his own valiant warriors (see “David’s Mighty Men” map), and then he tried to cover up his sin by arranging for Uriah’s death in battle. His sin was later exposed by Nathan the prophet, and David repented. After this Joab returned to Rabbah to finish capturing the city, and when victory was close at hand he called for David to come and finish taking the city. Thus the Ammonites became subject to Israel as well. From all these conquered nations David took many spoils and dedicated them to the Lord’s service, including great amounts of bronze from the towns of Tebah (also called Betah and Tibhath), Berothai, and Cun.
The Battle with the Ammonites and the Arameans
The Battle with the Arameans
2 Samuel 8:1-8; 10:1-19; 12:21-31; 1 Chronicles 18:2-11; 19:1-19; 20:1-3
The accounts of David’s greatest military victories stand like bookends around the record of David’s most grievous sins. Sometime after David brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem and the Lord promised to establish his dynasty over Israel, David achieved a series of victories over virtually all of Israel’s neighboring nations. These began with David’s capture of Metheg-ammah (likely Gath) and all of Philistia and was followed by his victory over Moab. Then Nahash king of Ammon died, and David sent envoys to express his condolences to Nahash’s son Hanun, who had now become king. Hanun, however, intentionally humiliated David’s envoys, shaving off half their beards and cutting off the bottom half of their garments before sending them back to Israel. When David heard of it, he sent word to his envoys to remain at Jericho until their beards grew back. In the meantime, the Ammonites called upon several Aramean nations to help them fight against Israel, which was likely their original intent for humiliating David’s envoys. Warriors came from Beth-rehob and Zobah, which lay between Israel and Hamath farther north, as well as from Maacah (see “Geshur and Maacah” map) and Tob. The writer of 1 Chronicles also notes that soldiers came from Mesopotamia as well. David sent his commander Joab to fight this coalition at Rabbah. The writer of 1 Chronicles consistently speaks of the battle occurring at Medeba, rather than Rabbah, but the town of Medeba south of Heshbon seems an unlikely location for the battle. Perhaps Rabbah was also referred to at times as Medeba. In any case, Joab and his brother Abishai divided their forces into two groups, with Joab leading the fight against the Arameans to the north and Abishai leading the fight against the Ammonites just outside the gates of Rabbah. As Joab advanced, the Arameans fled, which in turn led the Ammonites to retreat behind the walls of Rabbah. After this Joab (and probably his forces) returned home to Israel. But the Arameans regrouped and added more troops from Aramean nations beyond the Euphrates River. David met them in battle at Helam (likely modern Alma) and won a great victory over them, even killing their commander Shobah (or Shophach). After this the Arameans made peace with Israel. Sometime later David also subjugated the Edomites, who lived to the south of Moab. It was likely sometime after this that David engaged in adultery with the wife of Uriah, one of his own valiant warriors (see “David’s Mighty Men” map), and then he tried to cover up his sin by arranging for Uriah’s death in battle. His sin was later exposed by Nathan the prophet, and David repented. After this Joab returned to Rabbah to finish capturing the city, and when victory was close at hand he called for David to come and finish taking the city. Thus the Ammonites became subject to Israel as well. From all these conquered nations David took many spoils and dedicated them to the Lord’s service, including great amounts of bronze from the towns of Tebah (also called Betah and Tibhath), Berothai, and Cun.
The Battle with the Ammonites and the Arameans
The Battle with the Arameans