2 Samuel 11:6

6 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

2 Samuel 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:6

And David sent to Joab
Who was with the army besieging Rabbah, which, according to Bunting ^F11, was sixty four miles from Jerusalem:

[saying], send me Uriah the Hittite;
the scheme David had contrived in his mind was to get Uriah home to his wife for a few days, that it might be thought the child she had conceived was his, whereby the sin of David, and her own, might be concealed:

and Joab sent Uriah to David;
not knowing his business, and besides it was his duty to obey his command.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Travels p. 146.

2 Samuel 11:6 In-Context

4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

6 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

8 Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.