When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
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- KJV And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- BSB When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
- NKJV When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.
- NASB When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being and that of the people, and the condition of the war.
- NLT When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.
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Cross-references · 3
- 1 Sam 17:22David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
- Gen 37:14He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Gen 29:6He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”
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