2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
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ASV
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
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Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
Uriah the Hittite,.... The husband of Bathsheba; of whom See Gill on 2Sa 11:3, thirty and seven all; reckoning the three mighty men of the first class, the three of the second, and the third class consisting of thirty men, whose names are as above, and Joab the general and head of them all.
Thirty and seven in all - This reckoning is correct, though only 36 “names” are given, the names of only two of the second triad being recorded, but 31 names are given from 2Sa 23:24 to the end, which, added to the two triads, or six, makes 37. Joab as captain of the whole host stands quite alone.
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1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
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I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart,…
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
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2 Samuel 11:3So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
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and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
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2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
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So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
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Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
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For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
