2 Samuel 11:6
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Majority Standard Bible
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 sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
Cross References
Genesis 38:18“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Matthew 26:72And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know 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 →