2 Samuel 23:8-12; 1 Chronicles 11:10-14; 2 Samuel 21:19-22; 2 Samuel 10:1-19; 1 Chronicles 19:1-9;Psalm 33:1-22; 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1a

Here is the beginning of a terrible trouble: In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 11:1)