John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 11:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the shooters shot from off of the wall upon thy servants, etc.] Arrows out of their bows, or stones out of their engines; the Israelites following them so closely to the gate of the city, came within the reach of their shot from the wall: and [some] of the king’s servants be dead; killed in the sally upon them, and by the shot from the wall: and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also; the messenger did not entirely obey the orders of Joab to wait and observe if the king’s wrath arose, but was in haste to tell him the last piece of news; perhaps he had some suspicion, from the manner of Joab’s telling him what he should say, that this would be acceptable to the king.

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