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2 Samuel 11:20 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 11 · verse 20
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?2 Samuel 11:20 · King James Version
2 Samuel 11:20 in context
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- wrathchêmâhheatH2534 →
- ariseʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- shootyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
- nighnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
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