20. Then David got up from the floor, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes. Then he went to the House of Adonai and worshipped. When he came back to his own palace, he asked for food, so they set food before him and he ate.
21. His servants asked him, “What is this thing you have done? You fasted and wept while the child was still alive, but as soon as the child died, you got up and ate food.”
22. He replied, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept, for I thought, ‘Who knows? Adonai might be gracious to me and let the child live.’
23. But now that he has died, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? It is I who will be going to him, but he will never return to me.”
24. Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and lay with her, and she bore a son and called his name Solomon. Adonai loved him,
25. and He sent word by the hand of the prophet Nathan. So he called his name Jedidiah, for Adonai’s sake.
26. Now Joab attacked Rabbah of the children of Ammon and captured the royal city.
27. So Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have attacked Rabbah and captured the city’s water supply.
28. So now gather the rest of the troops together, camp against the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me.”
29. So David gathered all the troops, went to Rabbah, attacked it and captured it.
30. Then he took the crown of their king from off his head—its weight was a talent of gold and in it was a precious stone—and then it was placed on David’s head. He also brought a vast amount of spoils out of the city.
31. Then he brought out the people who were there and put them to work under saws, iron threshing boards and iron axes, and assigned them to brick making; and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.