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BrLXXΚαὶ 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. )
BrTrAnd 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.
ULTAnd 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.
USTNow 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.”
BSBNow, 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.”
OEBNow 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.’
WEBBENow 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.”
NETSo 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.”
LSVand 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.”
FBVSo 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.”
T4TNow 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’.”
LEBSo then, gather the remainder of the army and encamp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and my name be proclaimed over it.”
BBESo 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.
JPSNow 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.'
ASVNow 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.
DRANow 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.
YLTand 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.'
DrbyAnd 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.
RVNow 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.
WbstrNow 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-1769Now 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]
12.28it 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)
BshpsNow therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the citie, that thou mayst take it: lest I take it, & it be called after my name. (Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city, that thou/you mayest/may take it: lest I take it, and it be called after my name.)
GnvaNow 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. )
CvdlGather thou therfore the residue of the people together, and laye sege to ye cite, and wynne it, that I wynne it not, and haue the name therof. (Gather thou/you therefore the residue of the people together, and lay siege to ye/you_all city, and win it, that I win it not, and have the name thereof.)
WyclNow therfor gadere thou the tother part of the puple, and bisege thou the citee, and take thou it, lest whanne the citee is wastid of me, the victorie be arettid to my name. (Now therefore gather thou/you the tother part of the people, and besiege thou/you the city, and take thou/you it, lest when the city is wastid of me, the victory be arettid to my name.)
LuthSo nimm nun zuhauf das übrige Volk und belagere die Stadt und gewinne sie, auf daß ich sie nicht gewinne und ich den Namen davon habe. (So nimm now zuhauf the übrige people and belagere the city and gewinne sie, on that I they/she/them not gewinne and I the name(s) davon have.)
ClVgNunc igitur congrega reliquam partem populi, et obside civitatem, et cape eam: ne cum a me vastata fuerit urbs, nomini meo ascribatur victoria. (Nunc igitur congrega reliquam partem of_the_people, and obside civitatem, and cape eam: not when/with from me vastata has_been urbs, to_the_name mine ascribatur victoria. )
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest 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,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”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest 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,me over,it )
This means to surround and attack. Alternate translation: “besiege” or “surround”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest 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,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”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now gather_~_together DOM rest 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,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.
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.
