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2 Samuel 11:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’” "

2 Samuel 11:21

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19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

20 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?

21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

23 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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2 Samuel 20:21

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"The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”"

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2 Samuel 12:9

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"Why have you despised the LORD’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon."

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Judges 9:53

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"A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull."

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Genesis 26:11

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"Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”"

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Genesis 20:3

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"But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”"

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Judges 9:18

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"and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);"

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2 Samuel 11:1

"At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem."

2 Samuel 11:2

"At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at."

2 Samuel 11:3

"David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”"

2 Samuel 11:4

"David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house."

2 Samuel 11:5

"The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”"

2 Samuel 11:6

"David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David."

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