INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 11 This chapter begins with the destruction of the Ammonites, and the siege of Rabbah their chief city, Sa2 11:1; and enlarges on the sins of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, Sa2 11:2; in contriving to conceal his sin by sending for her husband home from the army, Sa2 11:6; in laying a scheme for the death of him by the hand of the Ammonites, Sa2 11:14; and in marrying Bathsheba when he was dead, Sa2 11:26.