Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 11:21 in context
2 Samuel 11:18–24
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
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and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
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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?
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Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
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So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field; and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
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The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
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