2 Samuel 11:6
New International Version
So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

New Living Translation
Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

English Standard Version
So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Berean Standard Bible
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

King James Bible
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New King James Version
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New American Standard Bible
Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

NASB 1995
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

NASB 1977
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Amplified Bible
Then David sent word to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Christian Standard Bible
David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hethite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

American Standard Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David sent for Yuab and sent word to him: “Send me Uriah the Khitite.” And Yuab sent Uriah the Khitite to David

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.

Contemporary English Version
David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent Uriah

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

English Revised Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then David sent a messenger to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Good News Translation
David then sent a message to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.

International Standard Version
So David summoned Joab, and told him, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David sent to Joab [, saying]: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Literal Standard Version
And David sends to Joab, [saying], “Send Uriah the Hittite to me,” and Joab sends Uriah to David;

Majority Standard Bible
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

New American Bible
So David sent a message to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.

NET Bible
So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

New Revised Standard Version
So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

New Heart English Bible
Then David sent to Joab and said, Send me Uriah the Hethite. So Joab sent Uriah to him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

World English Bible
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.

Young's Literal Translation
And David sendeth unto Joab, 'Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David and Bathsheba
5And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.” 6At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. 7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 11:5
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."

2 Samuel 11:7
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.

2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Send me

Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Genesis 38:18-23
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him…

1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

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2 Samuel 11
1. While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bathsheba
6. Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not go home.
14. He carries to Joab the letter of his death
18. Joab sends the news thereof to David
26. David takes Bathsheba as his wife














(6) Send me Uriah.--David proposed thus to cover up his crime. By calling for Uriah and treating him with marked consideration, he thought to establish a friendly feeling on his part, and then by sending him to his wife to have it supposed that the child, begotten in adultery, was Uriah's own.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At this, David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

sent orders
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Joab:
יוֹאָ֔ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

“Send me
שְׁלַ֣ח (šə·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

Uriah
אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

the Hittite.”
הַחִתִּ֑י (ha·ḥit·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2850: Hittite -- a Chittite

So Joab
יוֹאָ֛ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

[him]
אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

to
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

David.
דָּוִֽד׃ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


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