The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
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The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
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And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
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And the messenger said unto David: 'The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, were against them.
Hebrew, were against them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely…
2Sa 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
Ver. 23. Surely the men prevailed.] Sallied out upon us, and slew some of us, but we beat them in again, albeit not without loss.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain We beat them back, and pursued them even to…
We beat them back, and pursued them even to the gate.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the messenger said unto David,.... The particulars of…
And the messenger said unto David,.... The particulars of his account follow:
surely the men prevailed against us; the men of the city of Rabbah, the besieged there, in one onset they made upon them:
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and came out unto us in the field; the besiegers that lay encamped there; they sallied out upon them:
and we were upon them, even unto the entering of the gate; rallied upon them, and drove them back, and pursued them to the gate of the city.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. we were upon them] Or, against them: we…
23. we were upon them] Or, against them: we repulsed the sally, and pursued them to the gate of the city.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The men prevailed against us. The real meaning is…
The men prevailed against us. The real meaning is "the men made a sortie against us in force, and came even to the open field; but we were upon them (and drove them back) unto the entry of the gate, and the archers from off the wall shot at thy servants," etc.
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