2 Samuel 11:14 - Plain English Version

¹⁴ The next morning, David heard the same story. So he wrote a letter to Joab. He gave it to Uriah, and he said, “Give this letter to your boss, Joab.” So Uriah took the paper with him, but he didn’t know what it said.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,

2 Samuel 11:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

But you didn’t take notice of God’s word. You did something that is really wrong. God says it is really bad. You took Uriah’s wife, and you killed him. Yes, you sent Uriah into the middle of the fight. You knew that the Ammon mob would kill him. So really, you murdered him to get his wife for yourself.