SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:27
Entonces envió Joab mensajeros a David, diciendo: Yo he peleado contra Rabá, y he tomado la ciudad de las aguas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:27
Verse 27. And have taken the city of waters.] The city where the tank or reservoir was that supplied the city and suburbs with water. Some think that the original, µymh ry[ ta ytdkl lachadti eth ir hammayim, should be translated I have intercepted, or cut off, the waters of the city: and Houbigant translates the place, et aquas ab urbe jam derivavi; "And I have already drawn off the waters from the city." This perfectly agrees with the account in Josephus, who says twn te udatwn autouv apotemnomenov, having cut off their waters, Antiq., lib. vii., cap. 7. This was the reason why David should come speedily, as the citadel, deprived of water, could not long hold out.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. And Joab sent messengers to David , etc.] To acquaint him how he had proceeded, and what success he had had: and said, I have fought against Rabbah ; laid siege to it, and skirmished with parties that sallied out upon them: and have taken the city of waters ; the same with the royal city, and so the Targum here renders it; so called because situated by the waterside; Adrichomius says the river Jabbok flowed round about it: or it abounded with fountains of water, from whence the other part of the city, or what was properly the city Rabbah, was supplied with water; and which communication being cut off, it could not hold out long, which Joab being sensible of, therefore sent for David. Junius and Tremellius render the words, “I have intercepted the water from the city”; with which the account of Josephus agrees, who says, that he cut off the water from them, and precluded other supplies, so that they were in great distress for want of food and drink; and in like manner it was taken by Antiochus some hundreds of years later; for that; historian says the siege by him lasted long, and they could not prevail, because of the multitude of men it, until one of the prisoners showed them a subterraneous passage, through which they came and fetched water; which they stopped up with stones and such like things, and then through want of water yielded.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-31 - To be thus severe in putting the children of Ammon to slavery was sign that David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, at the time when this took place. We shall be most compassionate, kind, an forgiving to others, when we most feel our need of the Lord's forgivin love, and taste the sweetness of it in our own souls __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁלח 7971 יואב 3097 מלאכים 4397 אל 413 דוד 1732 ויאמר 559 נלחמתי 3898 ברבה 7237 גם 1571 לכדתי 3920 את 853 עיר 5892 המים׃ 4325
