2 Samuel 12:28 (YLT)

Passage

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.'

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 12:26 And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

2 Samuel 12:27 and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah--also I have captured the city of waters;

2 Samuel 12:28 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.'

2 Samuel 12:29 And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it;

2 Samuel 12:30 and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight <FI>is<Fi> a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "gather", "rest", "people", "encamp", "against", "city", and "capture". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "gather", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "and Joab sendeth messengers unto David and..." into verse 29's "And David gathereth all the people and...", so "called" and "gather" 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 "called" and "gather" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.