2 Samuel 11:18 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 11:18

16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

19 and charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king,

20 if it happens that the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you: ‘Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

21 Who struck ^aAbimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’ ”

22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

23 And the messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 11:18

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American Standard Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

Amplified® Bible
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.

Contemporary English Version
Joab sent a messenger to tell David everything that was happening in the war.

Darby English Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;

Good News Bible
Then Joab sent a report to David telling him about the battle,

King James Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

New American Standard Bible
Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

New International Version
Joab sent David a full account of the battle.

New King James Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jo'ab sent and told David all the news about the fighting;

Young's Literal Translation
And Joab sendeth and declareth to David all the matters of the war,

New English Translation
Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.¹

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