11:1 In the spring of the year, at the time when kings ¹  normally conduct wars, ²  David sent out Joab with his officers ³  and the entire Israelite army. ⁴  They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. ⁵  11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ⁶  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ⁷