27<\/strong>. the city of waters<\/em> ] “Just before reaching Ammn<\/em> [the modern name of Rabbah], the gorge takes a sudden turn to the north, and then swells into a narrow plain, covered with luxuriant grass, and embosomed in low round hills. The fish-stocked stream, with shells studding every stone and pebble, winds in the midst, a narrow channel, receiving occasional affluents in its course, and making Rabbah most truly a ‘city of waters.’ ” Tristram’s Land of Israel<\/em>, p. 533.<\/p>\n The city of waters – <\/B>The lower town of Rabbah (the modern Ammam), so called from a stream which rises within it and flows through it. The upper town with the citadel lay on a hill to the north of the stream, and was probably not tenable for any length of time after the supply of water was cut off.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 27<\/span>. And have taken the city of waters.<\/B><\/I>] The city where the tank<\/I> or reservoir<\/I> was that supplied the city and suburbs with water. Some think that the original, lachadti<\/I> eth ir hammayim<\/I>, should be translated I have intercepted, or cut<\/I> off, the waters of the city<\/I>: and Houbigant translates the place, et aquas ab urbe jam derivavi<\/I>; “And I have already drawn off the waters from the city.” This perfectly agrees with the account in Josephus<\/I>, who says , having<\/I> cut off their waters<\/I>, Antiq., lib. vii., cap. 7. This was the reason why David should come speedily, as the citadel, deprived of<\/I> water<\/I>, could not long hold out.<\/P> <\/p>\n The same royal city so called, because it either stood beside the river, or was encompassed with water, both for defence and delight. Although the words are by some learned men rendered thus, <\/P> I have taken, <\/B>or intercepted<\/I>, or cut off water from the city<\/I>; which well agrees, both with the words, eth being here put for meeth, which is frequent; as Gen 4:1<\/span>; 44:4<\/span>; Exo 9:29<\/span>, &c.; and with the relation of Josephus the Jew, who saith, The conduits of water were cut off, and so the city was taken; and with a relation of Polybius concerning the same city, which was taken afterwards by Antiochus in the same manner, by cutting off water from the city. <\/P> <\/p>\n 27. the city of waters<\/B>Rabbah,like Aroer, was divided into two partsone the lower town,insulated by the winding course of the Jabbok, which flowed almostround it, and the upper and stronger town, called the royal city.”The first was taken by Joab, but the honor of capturing sostrongly a fortified place as the other was an honor reserved for theking himself.”<\/P><\/p>\n And Joab sent messengers to David<\/strong>,…. To acquaint him how he had proceeded, and what success he had had:<\/p>\n and said, I have fought against Rabbah<\/strong>; laid siege to it, and skirmished with parties that sallied out upon them:<\/p>\n and have taken the city of waters<\/strong>; the same with the royal city, and so the Targum here renders it; so called because situated by the waterside; Adrichomius says x the river Jabbok flowed round about it: or it abounded with fountains of water, from whence the other part of the city, or what was properly the city Rabbah, was supplied with water; and which communication being cut off, it could not hold out long, which Joab being sensible of, therefore sent for David. Junius and Tremellius render the words, “I have intercepted the water from the city”; with which the account of Josephus y agrees, who says, that he cut off the water from them, and precluded other supplies, so that they were in great distress for want of food and drink; and in like manner it was taken by Antiochus some hundreds of years later; for that; historian says z the siege by him lasted long, and they could not prevail, because of the multitude of men it, until one of the prisoners showed them a subterraneous passage, through which they came and fetched water; which they stopped up with stones and such like things, and then through want of water yielded.<\/p>\n x Theatrum T. S. p. 34. y Antiqu. l. 7. c. 7. sect. 5. z Polyb. Hist. l. 5. p. 414.<\/p>\n 2Sa 12:27-28<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Rabbah was a royal, a large, and a populous city, watered, and in some measure encompassed by the river Jabbok. It had its name from its grandeur, being derived from a Hebrew word, signifying to increase and grow great, and was now in the height of its glory. As the city of waters <\/em>must mean Rabbah only, Houbigant translates after Josephus, and I have intercepted, <\/em>or cut off the waters from it, <\/em>which gives a good reason for Joab’s message, as it was not probable that the city in this case should hold out long. Nothing can be more gallant and generous than the message of Joab: Lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. <\/em>There is a magnanimity in the proposal capable of creating admiration in the meanest minds. The man who could transfer the glory of his own conquests to his prince, needs no higher eulogy as a general; and it is but justice to the character of Joab, to declare, that he is supreme, if not unrivalled, in this singular instance of heroism. <\/p>\n 2Sa 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.<\/p>\n Ver. 27. The city of waters,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> a<\/em> The palace royal encompassed with waters, both for safeguard and delight. Or, The city of waters, that is, the waters of the city; b<\/em> so that it cannot long hold out; praecisis aquae ductibus,<\/em> saith Josephus. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> By Hypallage.<\/em> <\/p>\n b<\/em> Jun<\/p>\n city of waters. Figure of speech Hypallage. App-6= waters of the city: i.e. the lower waters or town, cutting off the citadel, which David came and took. <\/p>\n Rabbah: 2Sa 11:1, Deu 3:11, Eze 21:20 <\/p>\n the city of waters: Probably that part of the city situated near the pond, from which the rest received their water. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 49:2 – her daughters<\/p>\n 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of {r} waters.<\/p>\n (r) That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.<\/p>\n And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 27. the city of waters ] “Just before reaching Ammn [the modern name of Rabbah], the gorge takes a sudden turn to the north, and then swells into a narrow plain, covered with luxuriant grass, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 12:27”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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