2 Samuel 11:6

6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

2 Samuel 11:6 in Other Translations

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

6 So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.

6 Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

6 David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him.

6 David sent orders to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah 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. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.

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

6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

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

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

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 11:41