2 Samuel 11:14

And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.

Brenton Septuagint

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 David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe part of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:8And the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, and consent not.

Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.

Jeremiah 9:1Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.

Micah 7:3they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:

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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