2 Samuel 11:14
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
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2 Samuel 11:14
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
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2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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2 Samuel 11:7
And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.
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2 Samuel 11:18
Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
2 Samuel 11:19
And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,
2 Samuel 11:20
If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?
2 Samuel 11:21
Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.
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2 Samuel 11:22
So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?
2 Samuel 11:23
And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.
2 Samuel 11:24
And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.
2 Samuel 11:25
Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.
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