2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbaal? Did not, a woman, cast on him an upper millstone from off the wall, that he died, in Thebez? Wherefore came ye near unto the wall? Then shalt thou say—Moreover, thy servant, Uriah the Hittite, died.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the messenger went his way,—and came in, and told David, all that Joab had sent him [to tell].
Cross References
Judges 7:1Then Jerubbaal, the same, is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped by the fountain of Harod,—and, the camp of Midian, was on the north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the vale.
Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon the head of Abimelech,—and brake in pieces his skull.
2 Samuel 3:34Thy hands, were not bound, And, thy feet, near to fetters, were not brought, As one falleth before assassins, so didst thou fall! And again all the people wept over him.
Isaiah 14:10All of them, answer, and say to thee,—Thou too, made strengthless, as we! Unto us, art thou like!
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 →