2 Samuel 11:22

22 And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,

2 Samuel 11:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger went
From Joab, from the army before Rabbah:

and came;
to David in Jerusalem, a course of sixty four miles:

and showed David all that Joab had sent him for;
all the events of the war hitherto.

2 Samuel 11:22 In-Context

20 then, it hath been, if the king's fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

21 Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast on him a piece of a rider from the wall, and he dieth in Thebez? why drew ye nigh unto the wall? that thou hast said, Also thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'

22 And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,

23 and the messenger saith unto David, `Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out unto us into the field, and we are upon them unto the opening of the gate,

24 and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.