2 Samuel 23:39

37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

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
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
KJV
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
WEB
and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
ASV
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
DARBY
Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
BLB
[and] Uriah the Hittite. And in all [were] thirty-seven.
ÅB
hetitten Uria - i alt syv og tretti.
OTB
Uria, en Hetitt; trettisju i alt.
B1930
hetitten Uria - i alt syv og tretti.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 11:3

    So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

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  • Matthew 1:6

    and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

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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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  • 1 Kings 15:5

    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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  • 2 Samuel 11:6–27

    At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:41

    Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

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