2 Samuel 11:16

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

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.”

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 11:21

Who killed Jerubbesheth’s  son Abimelech? Didn’t a woman on the wall of Thebez throw a small millstone at him and kill him? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ If the king asks this, then say, ‘Your man Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway as if to talk to him privately. There he stabbed Abner in the belly. Abner died because he spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

1 Kings 2:5

“You know what Joab (Zeruiah’s son) did to me and to the two commanders of Israel’s army—Abner, son of Ner, and Amasa, son of Jether. Joab killed them. When there was peace, he shed blood as if it were wartime. With their blood he stained the belt around his waist and the shoes on his feet.

2 Kings 10:6

So he wrote them a second letter. It read, “If you are on my side and ready to listen to me, bring the heads of your master’s heirs to me in Jezreel about this time tomorrow.” The 70 male heirs were staying with the city’s most powerful men. These men had raised them.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants become wicked.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed—crushed by punishment, because its people are determined to chase idols.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than people.