John Gill Commentary 2 Samuel 12:28

"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." — 2 Samuel 12:28 (ASV)

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together
The rest of the soldiers in the land of Israel, and come to Rabbah:

and encamp against the city ;
invest it in form:

and take it ;
upon a surrender or by storm; for it could not hold out long:

lest I take the city, and it be called after my name ;
so great a regard had Joab, though an ambitious man, to the fame and credit of David his king: so Craterus ^F1 at the siege of Artacacna, being prepared to take it, waited the coming of Alexander, that he might have the honour of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Curt. Hist. l. 6. c. 6.