2 Samuel 11:16

16 So Joab attacked the city. He put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest enemy fighters were.

2 Samuel 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city
Where lay its greatest strength, and where it was best defended; or besieged it, as the Targum:

that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men
[were];
who would not easily give way, and when they saw an opportunity would sally out, Joab cannot be excused from sin, unless he thought that Uriah had been guilty of death, and that David took this way of dispatching him for some political reason; however David was king, and to be obeyed.

2 Samuel 11:16 In-Context

14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab. He sent it along with Uriah.

15 In it he wrote, "Put Uriah on the front lines. That's where the fighting is the heaviest. Then pull your men back from him. When you do, the Ammonites will strike him down and kill him."

16 So Joab attacked the city. He put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest enemy fighters were.

17 The troops came out of the city. They fought against Joab. Some of the men in David's army were killed. Uriah, the Hittite, also died.

18 Joab sent David a full report of the battle.