2 Samuel 11:15

God's Word

In the letter he wrote, “Put Uriah on the front line where the fighting is heaviest. Then abandon him so that he’ll be struck down and die.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:16

Since Joab had kept the city under observation, he put Uriah at the place where he knew the experienced warriors were.

2 Samuel 11:17

The men of the city came out and fought Joab. Some of the people, namely, some of David’s mercenaries, fell and died—including Uriah the Hittite.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why did you despise my word by doing what I considered evil? You had Uriah the Hittite killed in battle. You took his wife as your wife. You used the Ammonites to kill him.

1 Kings 15:5

The Lord did this because David did what the Lord considered right: David never failed to do anything the Lord commanded him to do his entire life (except in the matter concerning Uriah the Hittite).

Psalm 51:14

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!

Psalm 51:4

I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! He has rescued the lives of needy people from the power of wicked people.

1 Samuel 18:17

Finally, Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife if you prove yourself to be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” (Saul thought, “I must not lay a hand on him. Let the Philistines do that.”)

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul thought, “I’ll give her to David. She will trap him, and the Philistines will get him.” So he said to David a second time, “You will now be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:25

Saul replied, “Tell David, ‘The king doesn’t want any payment for the bride except 100 Philistine foreskins so that he can get revenge on his enemies.’ ” In this way Saul planned to have David fall into the hands of the Philistines.