it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
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it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
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And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, thou shalt do this, if.
Or, thou shalt do this, if.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:20 And if so be that the king’s…
2Sa 11:20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
Ver. 20. And if so be that the king’s wrath arise.] As that is the best reward oft times that is given to generals and other officers, though never so well deserving, unless they prove prosperous, that they are discountenanced and discarded; as were Bellisarius, Trajan general to Valens, Hunuiades otherwhiles, qui pro tantorum laborum praemio vix veniam impetravere. {a}
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{a} Ut de Aria, Mont. Thuan.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if so be that the king's wrath arise,....…
And if so be that the king's wrath arise,.... Which might be seen in his countenance, or expressed in his words:
and he say, wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? as to expose the king's troops to the enemy on the wall, who by stones or darts greatly annoyed them, or sallied out on them, and killed many of them:
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knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? they must have known that, and therefore should have kept out of the reach of their shot.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. If - the king's wrath arise] It…
Verse 20. If - the king's wrath arise] It is likely that Joab had by some indiscretion suffered loss about this time; and he contrived to get rid of the odium by connecting the transaction with the death of Uriah, which he knew would be so pleasing to the king.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. If… the king’s wrath arise — Joab had…
20. If… the king’s wrath arise — Joab had apprehensions that the king might regard the loss as greater than necessary.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. if so be that the king’s wrath arise]…
20. if so be that the king’s wrath arise] Joab assumes that David would find fault with him for bad generalship, until he knew that his commission was executed by Uriah’s death.
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