19He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,


In Context

16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle.

19 He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,

20 the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?

21 Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub- Besheth ? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he asks you this, then say to him, 'Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.' "

2nd Samuel 11:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:19And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:19and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast ended telling the matters of the war to the king,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:19and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19and he commanded the messenger, saying, |When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19and commandeth the messenger, saying, 'At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19And charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,