And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
Ver. 1. And it came to pass.] See 2 Samuel 11:1, See Trapp on " 2Sa 11:1 "
But David tarried at Jerusalem.] And there committed adultery with Bathsheba; 2Sa 11:1-5 but the author of those two books speaks sparingly, as was before noted, of David's and his son Solomon's faults and failings.