2 Samuel 11:22

22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Jo'ab had sent him to tell.

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, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, 'Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

21 Who killed Abim'elech the son of Jerub'besheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say, 'Your servant Uri'ah the Hittite is dead also.'"

22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Jo'ab had sent him to tell.

23 The messenger said to David, "The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall; some of the king's servants are dead; and your servant Uri'ah the Hittite is dead also."