2 Samuel 11:21-23

GOD’S WORD Translation

²¹Who killed Jerubbesheth’s ^[a] son Abimelech? Didn’t a woman on the wall of Thebez throw a small millstone at him and kill him? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ If the king asks this, then say, ‘Your man Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”

²²The messenger left, and when he arrived, he reported to David everything Joab told him to say.^[b] ²³The messenger said, “Their men overpowered us and came to attack us in the field. Then we forced them back to the entrance of the city gate.

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Footnotes

11:21 Or “Jerubbaal’s”; see Judges 9:1.
11:22 Greek adds, “And David was angry with Joab. ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know you would be shot at from the wall? Who killed Abimelech, Jerubbaal’s son? Didn’t a woman throw a millstone on him from the wall? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ ”