Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him. "
— 2 Samuel 11:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.”
“So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. ”
“So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.”
“So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.”
“So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.”
“So 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?”
“So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.”
And he instructed the messenger, saying: “When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,
if you see him to be angry, and if he says: ‘Why did you draw near to the wall in order to fight? Are you ignorant that many darts are thrown from above the wall?
Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez? Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say: ‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’ ”
Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.
And the messenger said to David: “The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.
And the archers directed their arrows at your servants from the wall above. And some of the king’s servants died, and then also your servant Uriah the Hittite died.”
And David said to the messenger: “You shall say these things to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.’ ”