2 Samuel 11:6

And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.

7And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:18Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge ? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived.

Job 20:12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.

Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Matthew 26:72And again he denied with an oath, I know not 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 →

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