2 Samuel 11:23
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.’”
22 So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
25 Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
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
- The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
- KJV
- And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
- WEB
- The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
- ASV
- And 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.
- DARBY
- And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out against us into the field, and we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.
- BLB
- And the messenger said to David, “Indeed the men prevailed against us, and they came out against us to the field, and we were against them as far as the entrance of the gate.
- ÅB
- Og budet sa til David: Mennene fikk overtaket over oss og dro ut på marken mot oss; men så trengte vi dem tilbake like til byporten.
- OTB
- Og budbringeren sa til David, "Mennene fikk overtaket på oss og kom ut til oss i marken, men vi drev dem tilbake til inngangen av porten.
- B1930
- Og budet sa til David: Mennene fikk overtaket over oss og drog ut på marken mot oss; men så trengte vi dem tilbake like til byporten.