2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
In Context
5And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
Cross References
Genesis 38:18And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
Job 20:12Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Matthew 26:72And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:2-6
David's Sin with Bath-sheba. ( b. c. 1037.) 1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look… Read the whole commentary →