2 Samuel 11:20
King James Version
Translation: KJV
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;Select 2 Samuel 11:18
19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,Select 2 Samuel 11:19
20And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?Select 2 Samuel 11:20
21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.Select 2 Samuel 11:21
22So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.Select 2 Samuel 11:22
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WEB
11:20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
ASV
11:20 it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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