18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.

19 ¶ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the matters of the war unto the King,

20 [a]And if the king’s anger arise, so that he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would hurl from the wall?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:20 Or, thou shalt do this, if.

18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle. 19 He instructed the messenger: “When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, 20 the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?

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