2 Samuel 11:6
in 2 Samuel 11At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
KJV
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd David sent to Joab,.... Who was with the army besieging Rabbah, which, according to Bunting (k), was sixty four miles from Jerusalem: saying, send me Uriah the Hittite; the scheme David had contrived in his mind was to get Uriah home to his wife for a few days, that it might be thought the child she had conceived was his, whereby the sin of David, and her own, might be concealed: and Joab sent Uriah to David; not knowing his business, and besides it was his duty to obey his command. (k) Travels, &c. p. 146.
This site's exposition
Send me Uriah the Hittite
on 2 Samuel 11:6-8
David's plan starts as concealment. He calls Uriah home under cover of a report on the war, asks after Joab and the army and how the fighting goes, and then sends him down to his own house with a gift of food following him. The design is that Uriah lie with his wife so the coming child could pass as his own. Nothing in the summons names the true reason; David asks about the siege of Rabbah to a man he intends to use, not to consult.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| דָּוִד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹאָ֔ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| שְׁלַ֣ח | shelach | send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה | ʾuriyah | Uriah | H223 → | 39 times |
| הַחִתִּ֑י | hachiti | the Hittite | H2850 → | 48 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יוֹאָ֛ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה | ʾuriyah | Uriah | H223 → | 39 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
דָּוִד֙David
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יוֹאָ֔בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
שְׁלַ֣חsend
shelachH7971 →845 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֽוּרִיָּ֖הUriah
ʾuriyahH223 →39 times
הַחִתִּ֑יthe Hittite
hachitiH2850 →48 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
יוֹאָ֛בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֽוּרִיָּ֖הUriah
ʾuriyahH223 →39 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִֽד׃David
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3–5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Luke 15:18–24
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- 1 John 1:8–10
Through
Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Mark 7:2–13
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Matthew 15:2–9
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.