2 Samuel 11:6

Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

In Context

5After some time, she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David that she was pregnant.

7When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:18He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex [EUP] with her, and she became pregnant.

Job 20:12“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.

Isaiah 29:13So the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I desire. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.

Matthew 26:72But Peter again denied it. He said, “May God punish me if I am lying! I tell you, I do not even know that 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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