XII Here it is told of the honour that Aminadab did to King David, his rightful lord
Edward Storer translation
Aminadab hearing that the city would not resist long, and would soon be his, sent to King David, asking if it were his pleasure to come to the field of battle with many men, for he feared the issue of the battle.
King David started out hurriedly and went to the battlefield, and asked his marshall Aminadab: why have you made me come here?
Aminadab answered: Sire, since the city cannot resist longer, I wished that the glory of the victory should come to your person rather than that I should have it.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · The city was Rabba and belonged to the Ammonites. ↑Note 2 · See Kings II, chap xii. The compilator has mixed up the names, confounding Aminadab with Joab. The errors or variations occuring in the BiblNote 3 · He stormed the city, and conquered it, and the glory and honour were David’s.2Note 4 · Other readings have “fire”. ↑Note 5 · The passage is obscure, but the above would seem to be the meaning. ↑Note 6 · An Indian king conquered by Alexander and afterwards turned into a friend and ally. ↑Note 7 · Antigonus, the teacher of Alexander, when one day the latter was having a cythera played for his delight, took hold of the instrument and caNote 8 · King Porrus3 who fought with Alexander ordered during a banquet that the strings of a player’s cythera should be cut, saying: it is better t