2 Samuel 11:20 meaning and explanation
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
2 Samuel 11:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Joab is speaking to his messenger, briefing him on what to say when he reports the battle to King David. Joab has deliberately placed Uriah, Bathsheba's husband, at the fiercest point of the assault so that he would be killed, and he anticipates that David may be angry that troops fought too near the wall.
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