So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”
Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.
The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.