23. But he is dead now. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? No. I am going where he is, but he won’t come back to me."
24. Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had sex with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. The Lord loved him
25. and sent word by the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah because of the Lord’s grace.
26. Meanwhile, Joab fought the Ammonites at Rabbah and captured the royal city.
27. Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and captured the city’s water supply.
28. So gather the rest of the troops, attack the city, and capture it. Otherwise, I will capture the city myself, and it will be named after me."
29. So David gathered all the troops, marched to Rabbah, fought against it, and captured it.
30. David took Milcom’s crown off his head. It weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David’s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge.
31. He brought out the people who were in the city and put them to work making bricks. David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes; he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.