Verse 6

2 Samuel 11:6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

6 And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח דָּוִד֙ אֶל יוֹאָ֔ב שְׁלַ֣ח אֵלַ֔/י אֶת אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה הַ/חִתִּ֑י וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה אֶל דָּוִֽד

English Translation

And David sent to Joab, “Send to me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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Chapter 11 Context

1 And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David se... Focus ↗

2 In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of t... Focus ↗

3 And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the d... Focus ↗

4 And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presentl... Focus ↗

5 And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have concei... Focus ↗

6 And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

7 And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried o... Focus ↗

8 And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king's ho... Focus ↗

9 But Urias slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord, and went n... Focus ↗

10 And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst... Focus ↗

11 And Urias said to David: The ark of God (Elohim) and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joa... Focus ↗

12 Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to day, and to morrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in J... Focus ↗

13 And David called him to eat and to drink before him, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the e... Focus ↗

14 And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias, Focus ↗

15 Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and le... Focus ↗

16 Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men we... Focus ↗

17 And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab, and there fell some of the people of the se... Focus ↗

18 Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle. Focus ↗

19 And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king, Focus ↗

20 If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? kn... Focus ↗

21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from... Focus ↗

22 So the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had commanded him. Focus ↗

23 And the messenger said to David: The men prevailed against us, and they came out to us into the fiel... Focus ↗

24 And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king's se... Focus ↗

25 And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not this thing discourage thee: fo... Focus ↗

26 And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him. Focus ↗

27 And the mourning being over, David sent and brought her into his house, and she became his wife, and... Focus ↗

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