Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Chronicles 20:1

"And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it." — 1 Chronicles 20:1 (ASV)

This chapter, which records other military exploits from David’s reign that the writer of Chronicles considered important, should be compared with the corresponding passages in Samuel noted in the marginal references.