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

So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him.

And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him,

So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

And the messenger of Joab went to the king in Jerusalem and came and reported to David all that Joab had told him.

Therefore, the messenger departed. And he went and described to David all that Joab had instructed him.

So the messenger went,.... From Joab, from the army before Rabbah:
and came; to David in Jerusalem, a course of sixty four miles:
and showed David all that Joab had sent him for; all the events of the war hitherto.