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2 Samuel 11:22 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 11 · verse 22
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.2 Samuel 11:22 · King James Version
2 Samuel 11:22 in context
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.
23And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
24And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengermălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- shewednâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- wentyâlakto walkH3212 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
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