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2 Samuel 12:28

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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.

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:26

    And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

  2. 2 Samuel 12:27

    And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

  3. 2 Samuel 12:29

    And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

  4. 2 Samuel 12:30

    And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

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