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2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 11
Whilst Joab besieged Rabbah David committeth adultery with Bath-sheba, 2Sa_11:1-4. And hearing that she was with child, he sendeth for Uriah her husband out of the camp, to cover his shame. He will not go to his own house, neither sober nor drunk, 2Sa_11:5-13. David sendeth him again into the camp with a letter to Joab to expose him to death, 2Sa_11:14-17. The news of which Joab sendeth to David: he marrieth Bath-sheba, 2Sa_11:18-27.
After the year was expired; when that year ended, and the next begun, which was in the spring time, Exo_12:2.
When kings go forth; which is when the ground is fit for the march of soldiers, and brings forth provision for man and beast.
To battle: these words are to be understood here, as Gen_10:11 14:8.
Rabbah; the chief and royal city of the Ammonites, Deu_3:11.