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2 Samuel 11:7

DavidJoabUriah

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

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BSB
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
KJV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
WEB
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
ASV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
DARBY
And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
BLB
And Uriah had come to him, and David asked of the welfare of Joab and of the welfare of the people, and of the welfare of the war.
ÅB
Da Uria kom til ham, spurte David ham om det sto vel til med Joab og med krigsfolkene, og hvordan det gikk med krigen.
OTB
Da Uria kom til ham, spurte David om Joabs velbefinnende og folkets velbefinnende og om hvordan krigen sto til.
B1930
Da Uria kom til ham, spurte David ham om det stod vel til med Joab og med krigsfolkene, og hvorledes det gikk med krigen.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:22

    And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

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  • Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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  • Genesis 29:6

    And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

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