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Douay-Rheims Bible

2 Samuel 11:18

Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joab;   Lasciviousness;   Uriah;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Uriah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Hareth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Joab;   Marriage;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Uriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bathsheba;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nimrod;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joab;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joab sent someone to report to David all the details of the battle.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Yo'av sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
King James Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Lexham English Bible
Joab sent and told David all of the news of the battle.
English Standard Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.
New Century Version
Then Joab sent David a complete account of the war.
New English Translation
Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.
Amplified Bible
Then Joab sent word and informed David of all the events of the war.
New American Standard Bible
Then Joab sent a messenger and reported to David all the events of the war.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioab sent and tolde Dauid all the things concerning the warre,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joab sent and told David all the events of the war.
Contemporary English Version
Joab sent a messenger to tell David everything that was happening in the war.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'av sent a message to David reporting all the news concerning the war,
Darby Translation
Then Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war;
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joab sent a report to David about what happened in the battle.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Joab sent and told David all that took place in the battle:
Good News Translation
Then Joab sent a report to David telling him about the battle,
Literal Translation
And Joab sent and told David all the matters of the war.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sent Ioab, and caused to tell ye kynge all the matter concernynge the battayll,
American Standard Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Bible in Basic English
Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Ioab sent, and tolde Dauid all the thinges concerning the warre:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
King James Version (1611)
Then Ioab sent, and tolde Dauid all the things concerning the warre:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.
English Revised Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Berean Standard Bible
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Joab sente, and telde alle the wordis of the batel;
Young's Literal Translation
And Joab sendeth and declareth to David all the matters of the war,
Update Bible Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
World English Bible
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
New King James Version
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,
New Living Translation
Then Joab sent a battle report to David.
New Life Bible
Then Joab sent a man with news to David to tell him all about the war.
New Revised Standard
Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joab sent and told David all the news of the battle;
Revised Standard Version
Then Jo'ab sent and told David all the news about the fighting;
THE MESSAGE
Joab 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.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

Contextual Overview

14 And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias, 15 Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die. 16 Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were. 17 And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab, and there fell some of the people of the servants of David, and Urias the Hethite was killed also. 18 Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle. 19 And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king, 20 If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall? 21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain. 22 So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him. 23 And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:8 - there came

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
Who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Joab sent,.... Messengers to David, as soon as Uriah was killed:

and told David all the things concerning the war; how the siege had been carried on; what success they had had, good or ill; what their advantages and disadvantages; what men they had lost, and especially in one sally of the enemy upon them, for the sake of which the express was sent.


 
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