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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 11:21 - Strong Concordance

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2Sa 11:21 Strong Concordance Who smote [05221] Abimelech [040] the son [01121] of Jerubbesheth [03380]? did not a woman [0802] cast [07993] a piece [06400] of a millstone [07393] upon him from the wall [02346], that he died [04191] in Thebez [08405]? why went ye nigh [05066] the wall [02346]? then say [0559] thou, Thy servant [05650] Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850] is dead [04191] also.
  King James Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Who smote Abimelech ... - This reference indicates the existence in David's time of the national annals of that period in an accessible form, and the king's habit of reading, or having read to him, the history of his country. (Compare Est 6:1.)
 
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1 On that night [03915] could not [05074] the king [04428] sleep [08142], and he commanded [0559] to bring [0935] the book [05612] of records [02146] of the chronicles [01697] [03117]; and they were read [07121] before [06440] the king [04428].