David, Bathsheba, and Uriah

11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the ^(A)time when kings go out to battle, that ^(B)David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged ^(C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

Rabbah Is Conquered^(A)

20 It^(B) happened ^[a]in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But ^(C)David stayed at Jerusalem. And ^(D)Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.

²⁶ So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to ^(A)Aphek to fight against Israel.

²² And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, ^(A)for ^[a]in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

¹⁰ At the turn of the year ^(A)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, ^(B)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made ^(C)Zedekiah,^{[a] [b]}Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

^11 (A)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of ^(B)the ^[a]giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in ^(C)Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

²⁰ Appoint a road for the sword to go to ^(A)Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

Rabbah Is Captured^(A)

²⁶ Now ^(B)Joab fought against ^(C)Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city. ²⁷ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply. 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.”