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The Darby Translation

2 Samuel 11:6

And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ingratitude;   Instability;   Lasciviousness;   Uriah;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;   Uriah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hittites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Uriah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Lie, Lying;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hittites and Hivites;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Joab;   Marriage;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Uriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Uriah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nimrod;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bath-Sheba;   Joab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hittites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hethite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
Hebrew Names Version
David sent to Yo'av, [saying], Send me Uriyah the Hittite. Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.
King James Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Lexham English Bible
So David sent to Joab, "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
English Standard Version
So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
New Century Version
So David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
New English Translation
So David sent a message to Joab that said, "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.
New American Standard Bible
Then David sent word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Vriah the Hittite. And Ioab sent Vriah to Dauid.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
Contemporary English Version
David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent Uriah
Complete Jewish Bible
David sent this order to Yo'av: "Send me Uriyah the Hitti." Yo'av sent Uriyah to David.
Easy-to-Read Version
David sent a message to Joab. "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
George Lamsa Translation
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And 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.
Literal Translation
And David sent to Joab, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dauid sent vnto Ioab (sayege:) Sende me Vrias ye Hethite. And Ioab sent Vrias vnto Dauid.
American Standard Version
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Bible in Basic English
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid sent to Ioab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Ioab sent Urias to Dauid.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David sent to Joab[, saying]: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Ioab sent Uriah to Dauid.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; 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.
Berean Standard Bible
At this, David sent orders to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid sente to Joab, and seide, Sende thou Vrye Ethei to me; and Joab sente Vrye to Dauid.
Young's Literal Translation
And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;
Update Bible Version
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. 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 Living Translation
Then David sent word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.
New Life Bible
Then David sent men to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
New Revised Standard
So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent David unto Joab, Send unto me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah unto David.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.
Revised Standard Version
So David sent word to Jo'ab, "Send me Uri'ah the Hittite." And Jo'ab sent Uri'ah to David.
THE MESSAGE
David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

Contextual Overview

6 And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David. 7 And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king. 9 And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house? 11 And Urijah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [As] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow. 13 And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Send me: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 38:18-23, 1 Samuel 15:30, Job 20:12-14, Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 26:70, Matthew 26:72, Matthew 26:74

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:21 - they are hid 1 Samuel 26:6 - Hittite 2 Samuel 20:22 - And Joab 2 Samuel 23:39 - Uriah 1 Chronicles 1:13 - Heth 1 Chronicles 11:41 - Uriah

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever …!
Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.
Genesis 9:19
These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.
Genesis 11:1
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Judges 10:14
Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.
1 Kings 18:27
And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
Luke 1:51
He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And 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.


 
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