2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab, saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'
Cross References
Genesis 38:18And he said: 'What pledge shall I give thee?' And she said: 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.' And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
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 →