2 Samuel 11 · Verse 22

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
2 Samuel 11:22, King James Version

2 Samuel 11:22 in other translations

BSBSo the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
WEBSo the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
ASVSo the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
YLTAnd the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,
DARBYAnd the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
BBESo the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
WebsterSo the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

What does 2 Samuel 11:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:14-27

Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we…

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2 Samuel 11:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
הַמַּלְאָ֑ךְha.mal.'Akhthe messengerH4397
וַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
וַיַּגֵּ֣דvai.ya.Gedand he toldH5046
לְדָוִ֔דle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
שְׁלָח֖וֹshe.la.Chohe had sent himH7971
יוֹאָֽב\׃yo.'AvJoabH3097

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 2 Samuel 11:21

    Who 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.

  • 2 Samuel 11:22

    So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

  • 2 Samuel 11:23

    And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

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2 Samuel 11:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué el mensajero, y llegando, contó á David todas las cosas á que Joab le había enviado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le messager s’en alla; et étant arrivé, il rapporta à David tout ce pour quoi Joab l’avait envoyé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Bote ging hin; und er kam und berichtete David alles, wozu Joab ihn gesandt hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abiit ergo nuntius, et venit, et narravit David omnia quæ ei præceperat Joab.