2 Samuel 12:26-31
Summary for 2Sam 12:26-31: 12:26-31 a David’s battle with the Ammonites, begun in ch 10 b, ended in success.12:30 c David removed the crown: David had, in effect, become the Ammonites’ king.
• a vast amount of plunder: Instructions against taking such booty during a conquest (Deut 7:25-26 d) show how dangerous David’s actions were. Such wealth might seduce the king’s heart away from God.
12:31 e He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with: Enslaving defeated peoples was in accord with Deut 20:11 f. Solomon later did the same with the Canaanites (1 Kgs 9:20-22 g; see also Judg 1:30 h, 33 i). The alternate reading might indicate torture inflicted on the defeated Ammonites (cp. textual note on 1 Chr 20:3 j).
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