2 Samuel 11:19
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
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.’”
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
- and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
- KJV
- And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
- WEB
- and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
- ASV
- and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,
- DARBY
- and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,
- BLB
- and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the matters of the war to the king,
- ÅB
- Og han befalte sendebudet: Når du har talt ut til kongen om alt det som har hendt i krigen,
- OTB
- Han befalte budbringeren og sa, "Når du har fullført rapporteringen av alle krigens hendelser til kongen,
- B1930
- Og han bød sendebudet: Når du har talt ut til kongen om alt det som har hendt i krigen,