2 Samuel 8:12

8:12 including ¹  Aram, ²  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from ³  King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

2 Samuel 10:1

David and the Ammonites

10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 10:10

10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army ⁵  and they were deployed ⁶  against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 12:26

David’s Forces Defeat the Ammonites

12:26 ⁷ So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

¹ tn Heb “from.”

² tc The present translation follows the MT; a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac read “Edom” (cf. 2 Sam 8:14 and 1 Chr 18:11). Many modern English versions read “Edom” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”

⁴ tn Heb “reigned in his place.”

⁷ tn Heb “people.”

⁸ tn Heb “he arranged.”

¹⁰ 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.