World English Bible
2 Samuel 11:14
“It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 11
David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house.
It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.
It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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