1 Chronicles 19:1

Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

Nahash was the king of the children of Ammon, and after his death his son reigned in his stead. This change of Ammonite kingship opens the account of what came afterward in David's reign. It stands as the beginning of the record of the rest of David's reign and of the remaining events belonging to it.