Scripture · Old Testament
2 Samuel 11:19
2 Samuel 11:19 is verse 19 of 2 Samuel chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
King James Version
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
World English Bible
and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
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2 Samuel 11:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
20 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
21 Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
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