2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Avimelech Ben Yerubeshet? Did not an isha throw down on him a millstone from the chomah, that he died in Tevetz? Why went ye near the chomah? Then say thou, Thy eved Uriyah the Chitti is dead also.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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In Context
22So the malach went, and came and told Dovid all that Yoav had sent him for.
Cross References
Judges 7:1Then Yeruba'al, who is Gid'on, and kol haAm that were with him, rose up early and encamped by Ein-Charod; so that the Machaneh Midyan was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Judges 9:53And a certain woman dropped an upper millstone upon Avimelechʼs head, and cracked his gulgolet (skull).
2 Samuel 3:34Thy hands were not bound, 1 nor thy raglayim put into fetters; 1 as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And kol HaAm wept again over him.
Isaiah 14:10Kullam (all of them) shall speak and say unto thee, 1 Art thou also become weak as we? 1 Art thou become like unto us? 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:15-27
David Causes Uriah to Be Slain; David Informed of Uriah's Death. ( b. c. 1037.) 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with… Read the whole commentary →