2 Samuel 11:16

Modern English Version

So as Joab was besieging the city, he stationed Uriah in a place where he knew fierce men were.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

He wrote in the message, “Send Uriah to the front of the line where the fighting is heaviest then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die.”

2 Samuel 11:17

When the men of the city came out, they fought with Joab, and some people among those who served David fell; Uriah the Hittite died among them.

2 Samuel 11:21

Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the city wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you approach so near to the city wall?’ You shall then say, ‘Additionally your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’ ”

2 Samuel 3:27

So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab pulled him aside in the gateway so as to speak with him undisturbed. There he struck him in the midsection so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel, his brother.

1 Kings 2:5

“Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, shedding the blood of war in a time of peace. He spilled their blood on the belt that was around his waist and on the shoes of his feet.

2 Kings 10:6

Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying, “If you belong to me and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king’s sons, seventy men, were with the great men of the city who brought them up.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he eagerly followed after vanity.

Acts 5:29

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