2 Samuel 11:18 Meaning and Explanation
“Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;”
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Read Full Chapter →Joab sends a full report of the battle to David.
What Does 2 Samuel 11:18 Mean?
Joab dispatches a messenger to report to David all that has happened in the war. The general knows the king's real interest lies in one name buried within the account of the fighting.
The reporting word, sent, echoes again, the same verb that has driven the whole grim chapter. Joab now manages the message as carefully as David managed the man, the two of them bound together in a shared secret. So conspiracy multiplies, each party guarding the other's guilt. Yet no report sent to a king is hidden from the King of kings, before whom every concealed deed will one day be told in full and judged in righteousness and mercy.
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What does 2 Samuel 11:18 mean?
Joab sends a full report of the battle to David.