2 Samuel 11:18
16 So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
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.
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?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
- KJV
- Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- WEB
- Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- ASV
- Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- DARBY
- Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;
- BLB
- And Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war,
- ÅB
- Da sendte Joab bud til David med tidende om alt som hadde hendt i krigen.
- OTB
- Da sendte Joab bud og rapporterte til David om alle krigens hendelser.
- B1930
- Da sendte Joab bud til David med tidende om alt som hadde hendt i krigen.