2 Samuel 11:6

6 And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto 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 And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house;

5 and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I [am] conceiving.'

6 And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

7 and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

8 And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,