2 Samuel 11:24
in 2 Samuel 11Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
KJV
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say
on 2 Samuel 11:22-25
The messenger delivers the account, and Uriah's death comes last. David's reply is ready: “Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another”. David alone knows the death was ordered, and he closes by telling Joab to strengthen the attack on the city.
This site's exposition
the archers shot at your servants from the wall
Matthew Henry notes that the dead are named the king's servants, which sets their loss against the king who spent them. Uriah's name comes last, as Joab had scripted.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the shooters shot from off of the wall upon thy servants,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּר֨וּ | vaiyoreu | and they shot arrows | H3384 → | 80 times |
| הַמּוֹרִ֤ים | hamorim | the archers | H3384 → | 80 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֲבָדֶ֙ךָ֙ | ʾavadekha | servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַחוֹמָ֔ה | hachomah | the wall | H2346 → | 133 times |
| וַיָּמ֖וּתוּ | vaiyamutu | and they have died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| מֵעַבְדֵ֣י | meavdei | some of [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְגַ֗ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֛ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אוּרִיָּ֥ה | ʾuriyah | Uriah | H223 → | 39 times |
| הַחִתִּ֖י | hachiti | the Hittite | H2850 → | 48 times |
| מֵֽת׃ ס | met | he has died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיֹּר֨וּand they shot arrows
vaiyoreuH3384 →80 times
הַמּוֹרִ֤יםthe archers
hamorimH3384 →80 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עֲבָדֶ֙ךָ֙servants your
ʾavadekhaH5650 →799 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הַחוֹמָ֔הthe wall
hachomahH2346 →133 times
וַיָּמ֖וּתוּand they have died
vaiyamutuH4191 →839 times
מֵעַבְדֵ֣יsome of [the] servants of
meavdeiH5650 →799 times
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְגַ֗םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
עַבְדְּךָ֛servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
אוּרִיָּ֥הUriah
ʾuriyahH223 →39 times
הַחִתִּ֖יthe Hittite
hachitiH2850 →48 times
מֵֽת׃ סhe has died
metH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.