2 Samuel 11:22

2 Samuel 11:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
• New International Version (NIV)The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:22

20if the king becomes angry and asks you, ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall? 21Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’” So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him. 23The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate. 24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

2 Samuel 11:22 word by word

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ הַמַּלְאָ֑ךְ וַיָּבֹא֙ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֔ד אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁלָח֖וֹ יוֹאָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the messengerמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and shewedנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• all that Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• had sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-27Verses 14-27 Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership. These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:22

• David
• Joab
• Lasciviousness
• Uriah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Joab
• Approach
• Samuel, Books of
• Uriah
• Benaiah
• Bible, the
• Gentiles
• Hittites
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings