2 Samuel 11:14

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

In Context

13And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

15And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:8So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

Psalms 52:2\52:1\When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.

Jeremiah 9:1If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

Micah 7:3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:7-14

David's Contrivance to Hide His Crime; David's Contrivance Defeated. ( b. c. 1037.) 6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with… Read the whole commentary →

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