22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
23 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.
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The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.