2 Samuel 11:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:19

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

2 Samuel 11:21

Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.