2 Samuel 11:15

Free Bible Version

In the letter, David told Joab, “Put Uriah right in the front where the fighting is worst, and then pull back behind him so that he'll be attacked and killed.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:16

As Joab besieged the town, he made Uriah take a place where he knew the strongest enemy men would be fighting.

2 Samuel 11:17

When the town's defenders came out and attacked Joab, some of David's men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.

2 Samuel 12:9

So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 15:5

For David had done what was right in the Lord's sight, and had not deviated from anything the Lord commanded throughout his lifetime, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Psalm 51:14

God, please forgive me for the blood I have shed, God of my salvation, and I will sing for joy of your goodness.

Psalm 51:4

I have sinned against you, you alone. I have done evil in your sight. So you are right in what you say, and fair when you judge.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When people are not punished quickly for their crimes they are even more determined to do wrong.

Jeremiah 17:9

The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he saves the poor from the power of the wicked.

1 Samuel 18:17

One day Saul told David, “Here's my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage, but only if you prove to me you're a brave warrior and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul was thinking, “I don't need to be the one to kill him—let the Philistines do it!”

1 Samuel 18:21

“I'll give her to David,” Saul thought. “She can be the bait so the Philistines can trap him.” So Saul said to David, “This is the second time you can become my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:25

Saul told them, “Tell David, ‘The only dowry the king wants for the bride is one hundred foreskins of dead Philistines as a way of taking revenge on his enemies.’” Saul's plan was to have David be killed by the Philistines.