Text: 1 Chronicles 20:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 11:1
Subject: defeat of Rabbah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts record the siege of Rabbah, the Ammonite capital, using the same opening formula about "the time when kings march out to war." In 2 Samuel 11:1, the phrase "but David remained in Jerusalem" sets up the Bathsheba narrative, while 1 Chronicles 20:1 states "but David remained in Jerusalem" and then immediately narrates Joab's military victory. The Chronicler preserves the same Hebrew phrasing but redirects the narrative focus from David's moral failure to the successful conquest, including David taking the crown (עֲטֶרֶת, ateret) of the Ammonite king. This parallel demonstrates how the same historical event is narrated with different theological emphases by different biblical authors.