John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:30
And he took their king's crown from off his head ,.... The crown of Hanun the king of the Ammonites, who now fell into his hands, and whom he stripped of his ensigns of royalty, who had so shamefully abused his ambassadors, 2 Samuel 10:4 , (the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones) : or, "and a precious stone"; there might be more, as our version suggests, but there was one in it remarkably large and valuable; Josephus F2 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 7.... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 12:26-31
We have here an account of the conquest of Rabbah, and other cities of the Ammonites. Though this comes in here after the birth of David's child, yet it is most probable that it was effected a good while before, and soon after the death of Uriah, perhaps during the days of Bath-sheba's mourning for him. Observe, 1. That God was very gracious in giving David this great success against his enemies, notwithstanding the sin he had been guilty of just at that time when he was engaged in this war,... read more