2 Samuel 11:20

Modern English Version

if his anger rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you approach so near to the city? Did you not know that they might shoot from the city wall?

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:19

He instructed the messenger, “When you finish telling the king all the details of the battle,

2 Samuel 11:21

Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the city wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you approach so near to the city wall?’ You shall then say, ‘Additionally your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’ ”