Joab watched the city and saw where the bravest Ammonites were. He chose Uriah to go to that place.
2 Samuel 11:17 - Easy To Read Version The men of the city (Rabbah) came out to fight against Joab. Some of David’s men were killed. Uriah the Hittite was one of those men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also. American Standard Version (1901) And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Common English Bible When the city’s soldiers came out and attacked Joab, some of the people from David’s army fell. Uriah the Hittite was also killed. Catholic Public Domain Version And the men, departing from the city, made war against Joab. And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the men coming out of the city fought against Joab and there fell some of the people of the servants of David. And Urias the Hethite was killed also. |
Joab watched the city and saw where the bravest Ammonites were. He chose Uriah to go to that place.
Surely he remembers that a woman killed Abimelech son of Jerub Besheth? It was at Thebez. The woman was on the city wall and threw the top part of a grinding stone down on Abimelech. So why did he go that close to the wall?’ {If King David says something like that}, then you must tell him this message: ‘Your officer Uriah the Hittite also died.’”
So why did you ignore the Lord’s command? Why did you do the thing which he says is wrong? You let the Ammonites kill Uriah the Hittite, and you took his wife. In this way, you killed Uriah with a sword.
God, spare me from the death penalty. {\cf2\super [304]} \par My God, you are the One who Saves me!\par Let me sing about the good things\par that you do for me!\par