24. Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;
25. and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
26. Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.
27. Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, ‘I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.
28. Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I shall take the city, and it will be named after me.’
29. So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
30. David took the crown from their king’s head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city
31. and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labour with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.