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2 Samuel 11:17

DavidJoabUriah
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15 In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

16 So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.

And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,

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BSB
And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
KJV
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
WEB
The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
ASV
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
DARBY
And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David; and Urijah the Hittite died also.
BLB
And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and fell [some] of the people of the servants of David. And Uriah the Hittite also died.
ÅB
Og da mennene i byen dro ut og stred mot Joab, falt noen av krigsfolket - av Davids menn - og hetitten Uria døde også.
OTB
Mennene fra byen gikk ut og kjempet mot Joab, og noen av folket blant Davids tjenere falt; Uria hetitten døde også.
B1930
Og da mennene i byen drog ut og stred mot Joab, falt nogen av krigsfolket - av Davids menn - og hetitten Uria døde også.

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  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:9

    Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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