Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:19
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
18 25. News of Uriah’s Death carried to David
19. the matters of the war ] The same Heb. phrase as that translated in 2Sa 11:18 “the things concerning the war.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And charged the messenger,…. Gave him a particular direction and instruction what he should say at the close of his narrative, according as he should observe the king’s countenance to be:
saying, when thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king; giving an account of all the events that happened since the siege was begun to that time.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
Ver. 19. Of telling the matters of the war unto the king. ] Who would be inquisitive after the full truth of things, which yet kings seldom are so happy as to hear, as Alphonsus complained; and Augustus therefore took the death of Varus very grievously, because now there was not one about him that would tell him the naked truth of things.