2 Samuel 11:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“The king might get upset and ask, ‘Why did Joab’s army go that close to the city to fight? Surely he knows that there are men on the city walls who can shoot arrows down at his men?

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:19

Joab told the messenger to tell King David what had happened in the battle.

2 Samuel 11:21

Surely he remembers that at Thebez a woman killed Abimelech son of Jerub Besheth when she threw the top part of a grinding stone down from the wall. So why did he go that close to the wall?’ If King David says something like that, tell him, ‘Your officer, Uriah the Hittite, also died.’”