2 Samuel 12:24-31 ▼

24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and she called his name Solomon. And YHWH loved him.

25 And He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet. And He called his name Jedidiah, because of YHWH.

26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he captured the royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and he said, “I have fought against Rabbah; Also I have captured the waters of the city.

28 And now gather together the rest of the people and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city, and my name it be called after it.”

29 And David gathered together all the people, and he went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.

30 And he took the crown of their king from his head, and its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones; and it was set on the head of David, and the plunder of the city he brought out in great abundance.

31 And the people who were in it he brought out, and he set them to the saw, and to picks of iron, and to axes of iron, and he made pass through to the brick kilns. And so he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.