2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab, Send unto me Uriyah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriyah to David.
Leeser Tanakh
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 is the pledge which I shall give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy scarf, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them unto her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Job 20:12If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is but the acquired precept of men;
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 →