2 Samuel 11:22
What does 2 Samuel 11:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 11:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
Context
v.21who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
v.22This passage
v.23And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.
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