2 Samuel 12:29 (GNV)

Passage

So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 12:27 Therefore Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, saying, I haue fought against Rabbah, and haue taken the citie of waters.

2 Samuel 12:28 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.

2 Samuel 12:29 So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

2 Samuel 12:30 And he tooke their Kings crowne from his head, (which weighed a talent of golde, with precious stones) and it was set on Dauids head: and he brought away the spoyle of the citie in exceeding great abundance.

2 Samuel 12:31 And he carryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dauid", "gathered", "people", "together", "went", "against", "rabbah", and "besieged". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dauid" and "gathered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "Now therefore gather the rest of the..." into verse 30's "And he tooke their Kings crowne from...", so "dauid" and "gathered" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "dauid" and "gathered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.