Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:24
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.
And the shooters shot from off of the wall upon thy servants,…. Arrows out of their bows, or stones out of their engines; the Israelites following them so closely to the gate of the city, came within the reach of their shot from the wall:
and [some] of the king’s servants be dead; killed in the sally upon them, and by the shot from the wall:
and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also; the messenger did not entirely obey the orders of Joab to wait and observe if the king’s wrath arose, but was in haste to tell him the last piece of news; perhaps he had some suspicion, from the manner of Joab’s telling him what he should say, that this would be acceptable to the king.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
24. Uriah the Hittite is dead also The messenger did not wait, as Joab directed, to announce Uriah’s death separately. His message was, like several other messages we have noticed, (2Sa 1:4; 1Sa 4:17,) climacteric, and Uriah’s death, as the most signal loss, is announced last. This messenger must have understood, however, that Uriah’s death was not afflictive to the king.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 11:24 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.
Ver. 24. And thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. ] This the messenger maketh haste to tell, as that which would salve all; not staying till David should object as Josh had before conceived he would, and had accordingly devised a form of answer.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Num 21:30 – have shot 1Sa 26:6 – Hittite