2 Samuel 11:14

14 A la mañana siguiente, David le escribió una carta a Joab, y se la envió por medio de Urías.

2 Samuel 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:14

And it came to pass in the morning
When David was informed that Uriah did not go to his own house, but slept with his servants, Satan put it into his head and heart to take the following wicked and cruel method:

that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah;
to have him cut off by the sword of the enemy. If Uriah suspected David's criminal conversation with his wife, he was so true and trusted a servant to him, that he would not open his letter to Joab, which had he, it would have betrayed the base design. No one that knows the story of Bellerophon can read this without thinking of that, they are so much alike; and indeed that seems to be founded upon this, and taken from it with a little alteration. Bellerophon rejecting the solicitations of Sthenobaea, who was in love with him, she prevailed upon her husband Praetus to send letters by him to Jobates (a name similar to Joab), the general of his army, which contained instructions to take care that he was killed; who sent him upon an expedition for that purpose ^F13.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Apollodorus de Deorum Orig. l. 2. p. 70.

2 Samuel 11:14 In-Context

12 —Bueno, entonces quédate hoy aquí, y mañana te enviaré de regreso —replicó David.Urías se quedó ese día en Jerusalén. Pero al día siguiente

13 David lo invitó a un banquete y logró emborracharlo. A pesar de eso, Urías no fue a su casa sino que volvió a pasar la noche donde dormía la guardia real.

14 A la mañana siguiente, David le escribió una carta a Joab, y se la envió por medio de Urías.

15 La carta decía: «Pongan a Urías al frente de la batalla, donde la lucha sea más dura. Luego déjenlo solo, para que lo hieran y lo maten».

16 Por tanto, cuando Joab ya había sitiado la ciudad, puso a Urías donde sabía que estaban los defensores más aguerridos.