2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The unnamed royal messenger travels from the battlefield to King David to deliver Joab’s prepared account regarding Uriah’s death.

The words — The Hebrew הַ/מַּלְאָ֑ךְ (ha./mal.'Akh, "the messenger") and וַ/יַּגֵּ֣ד (va/i.ya.Ged, "and he told") anchor the verse’s focus on the transmission of a spoken report.

The thread — The pattern of a designated messenger carrying a king’s directive appears in 1 Kings 1:32–34, 2 Kings 6:8–10, and Esther 3:12–13.

Why it lands — The text records a factual delivery of military news that conceals a royal murder, requiring the reader to track the gap between the spoken report and the hidden reality.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְva/i.Ye.lekhand/ he went הַמַּלְאָ֑ךְha./mal.'Akhthe/ messenger וַיָּבֹא֙va/i.ya.Vo'and/ he came וַיַּגֵּ֣דva/i.ya.Gedand/ he told לְדָוִ֔דle./da.Vidto/ David אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>כָּל־kol-all אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherthat שְׁלָח֖וֹshe.la.Ch/ohe had sent/ him יוֹאָֽב׃yo.'AvJoab

King James Version

So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

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