23. But now he is met (dead), why should I undergo a tzom? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24. And Dovid [Beloved] comforted Bat-Sheva his isha, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore ben, and he called shmo Sh'lomo; and Hashem loved him.
25. And He sent by the yad Natan HaNavi; and he called shmo Yedidyah (Beloved of Hashem), for the sake of Hashem.
26. And Yoav fought against Rabbah of the Bnei Ammon, and captured ir hameluchah (the royal city).
27. And Yoav sent malachim to Dovid, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the Ir HaMayim.
28. Now therefore gather the rest of HaAm (the army) together, and encamp against the Ir, and capture it; lest I take the Ir, and it be called after my shem.
29. And Dovid gathered kol haAm together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and captured it.
30. And he took their melech's ateret from off his rosh, the weight whereof was a talent of zahav with the precious stones; and it was set on Dovid's rosh. And he brought forth the plunder of the ir (city) in great abundance.
31. And he brought forth ha'am that were therein, and put them under saws, and under threshing tools of barzel, and under axes of barzel, and made them go through the brickkilns; and thus did he unto all the towns of the Bnei Ammon. So Dovid and kol haAm returned unto Yerushalayim.