and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
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and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
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And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou…
2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
Ver. 19. Of telling the matters of the war unto the king.] Who would be inquisitive after the full truth of things, which yet kings seldom are so happy as to hear, as Alphonsus complained; and Augustus therefore took the death of Varus very grievously, because now there was not one about him that would tell him the naked truth of things.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And charged the messenger,.... Gave him a particular direction…
And charged the messenger,.... Gave him a particular direction and instruction what he should say at the close of his narrative, according as he should observe the king's countenance to be:
saying, when thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king; giving an account of all the events that happened since the siege was begun to that time.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
CHAPTER XI.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18–25. News of Uriah’s Death carried to David
18–25. News of Uriah’s Death carried to David
19. the matters of the war] The same Heb. phrase as that translated in 2Sa_11:18 “the things concerning the war.”
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.