2 Samuel 11:22

22 So the messenger went, and came and shown David all that Joab had sent him for.

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 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?

21 who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"

22 So the messenger went, and came and shown David all that Joab had sent him for.

23 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.

24 The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.