at the time, &c.: i. e, the next spring.
children. sons.
Rabbah. The capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11.Joshua 13:25; Joshua 13:25).
But David tarried. Note contrast with "kings" going forth, above, and this word "But".
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:1
2 Samuel 11:1
1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.