2 Samuel 11:15 - The Scriptures 1998

And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriyah in the front of the heaviest battle, and you shall turn away from him, and he shall be smitten and shall die.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he wrote in the letter, Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and withdraw from him, that he may be struck down and die.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

Common English Bible

He wrote in the letter, “Place Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle, and then pull back from him so that he will be struck down and die.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

writing in the letter: "Place Uriah opposite the warfare, where the battle is the strongest, and then abandon him, so that, having been wounded, he may die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.

2 Samuel 11:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:16

And it came to be, as Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 11:17

And the men of the city came out and fought with Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 12:9

‘Why have you despised the Word of יהוה  to do evil in His eyes? You have killed Uriyah the Ḥ

1 Kings 15:5

for Dawiḏ

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from blood-guilt, O Elohim, Elohim of my deliverance, Let my tongue sing aloud of Your righteousness.

Psalm 51:4

Against You, You alone, have I sinned, And done evil in Your eyes; That You might be proven right in Your words; Be clear when You judge.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is filled in them to do evil.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing to יהוה! Praise יהוה! For He has delivered the being of the poor from the hand of evil ones.

1 Samuel 18:17

And Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 18:21

And Sha’ul said, “Let me give her to him and let her be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines be against him.” So Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 18:25

And Sha’ul said, “Say to Dawiḏ