12:26 1 So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.
13:38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.
1 sn Here the narrative resumes the battle story that began in 11:1 (see 11:25). The author has interrupted that story to give the related account of David’s sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. He now returns to the earlier story and brings it to a conclusion.