2 Samuel 11:19

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He commanded the messenger, “When you’ve finished telling the king all the details of the battle—

Hebrew Names Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

King James Version
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

Lexham English Bible
He instructed the messenger, saying, "As you are finishing to speak all the news of the battle to the king,

English Standard Version
And he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,

New Century Version
Joab told the messenger, "Tell King David what happened in the war.

New English Translation
He instructed the messenger as follows: "When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

Amplified Bible
And he commanded the messenger, "When you have finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,

New American Standard Bible
He ordered the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

Legacy Standard Bible
And he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Contemporary English Version
He gave the messenger these orders: When you finish telling the king everything that has happened,

Complete Jewish Bible
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling the king all the news about the war,

Darby Translation
and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

Easy-to-Read Version
Joab told the messenger to tell King David what had happened in the battle.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joab charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling everything which took place in the battle to the king,

Good News Translation
and he instructed the messenger, "After you have told the king all about the battle,

Literal Translation
And he commanded the messenger, saying, As you finish all the matters of the war, speaking to the king,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and comaunded the messaunger, and sayde: Whan thou hast tolde ye kynge all the matter concernynge the batayll,

American Standard Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Bible in Basic English
And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the king:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

King James Version (1611)
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the King;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,

English Revised Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

Berean Standard Bible
and instructed the messenger, "When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he comaundyde to the messanger, and seide, Whanne thou hast fillid alle wordis of the batel to the kyng,

Young's Literal Translation
and commandeth the messenger, saying, `At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king,

Update Bible Version
and he charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

Webster's Bible Translation
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

World English Bible
and he charged the messenger, saying, "When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

New King James Version
and charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king,

New Living Translation
He told his messenger, "Report all the news of the battle to the king.

New Life Bible
Joab told the man, "When you have finished telling the king all about the war,

New Revised Standard
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling the king all the news about the fighting,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he charged the messenger saying, - When thou hast ended all the news of the battle, in speaking unto the king,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,

Revised Standard Version
and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

Contextual Overview

¹⁴In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the letter he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front lines where the fighting is the fiercest. Then pull back and leave him exposed so that he's sure to be killed." ¹⁶So Joab, holding the city under siege, put Uriah in a place where he knew there were fierce enemy fighters. When the city's defenders came out to fight Joab, some of David's soldiers were killed, including Uriah the Hittite. ¹⁸Joab sent David a full report on the battle. He instructed the messenger, "After you have given to the king a detailed report on the battle, if he flares in anger, say, ‘And by the way, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'" ²²Joab's messenger arrived in Jerusalem and gave the king a full report. He said, "The enemy was too much for us. They advanced on us in the open field, and we pushed them back to the city gate. But then arrows came hot and heavy on us from the city wall, and eighteen of the king's soldiers died." ²⁵ When the messenger completed his report of the battle, David got angry at Joab. He vented it on the messenger: "Why did you get so close to the city? Didn't you know you'd be attacked from the wall? Didn't you remember how Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth got killed? Wasn't it a woman who dropped a millstone on him from the wall and crushed him at Thebez? Why did you go close to the wall!" "By the way," said Joab's messenger, "your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead." Then David told the messenger, "Oh. I see. Tell Joab, ‘Don't trouble yourself over this. War kills—sometimes one, sometimes another—you never know who's next. Redouble your assault on the city and destroy it.' Encourage Joab." ²⁶When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she grieved for her husband. When the time of mourning was over, David sent someone to bring her to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But God was not at all pleased with what David had done,

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And charged the messenger,.... Gave him a particular direction and instruction what he should say at the close of his narrative, according as he should observe the king's countenance to be:

saying, when thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king; giving an account of all the events that happened since the siege was begun to that time.