◄ 2 Samuel 11:23 ►
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Good News Translation
He said, "Our enemies were stronger than we were and came out of the city to fight us in the open, but we drove them back to the city gate.

New Revised Standard Version
The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

Contemporary English Version
He added, "The enemy chased us from the wall and out into the open fields. But we pushed them back as far as the city gate.

New American Bible
He told David: “The men had the advantage over us and came out into the open against us, but we pushed them back to the entrance of the city gate.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.

Context
David Arranges Uriah's Death
…22So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him. 23And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the field: and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city.24And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king's servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:22
So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.

2 Samuel 11:24
And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king's servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.

2 Samuel 11:22
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