2 Samuel 11:6
4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
5 And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
8 Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
- KJV
- And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- WEB
- David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
- ASV
- And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- DARBY
- And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.
- BLB
- And David sent to Joab: “Send to me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- ÅB
- Da sendte David det bud til Joab: Send hetitten Uria til meg! Og Joab sendte Uria til David.
- OTB
- David sendte da en beskjed til Joab og sa: "Send Uria hetitten til meg." Så Joab sendte Uria til David.
- B1930
- Da sendte David det bud til Joab: Send hetitten Uria til mig! Og Joab sendte Uria til David.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Read in contextMatthew 26:70
But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
Read in contextIsaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Read in contextJob 20:12–14
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Read in contextGenesis 38:18–23
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:30
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Read in contextMatthew 26:74
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Read in contextGenesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
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