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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 11:6

David then sent a message to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him 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.
Darby Translation
And David sent to Joab [saying], Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah 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.
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 David then sent a message to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David. 7 When Uriah arrived, David asked him if Joab and the troops were well, and how the fighting was going. 8 Then he said to Uriah, "Go on home and rest a while." Uriah left, and David had a present sent to his home. 9 But Uriah did not go home; instead he slept at the palace gate with the king's guards. 10 When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he asked him, "You have just returned after a long absence; why didn't you go home?" 11 Uriah answered, "The men of Israel and Judah are away in battle, and the Covenant Box is with them; my commander Joab and his officers are camping out in the open. How could I go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By all that's sacred, I swear that I could never do such a thing!" 12 So David said, "Then stay here the rest of the day, and tomorrow I'll send you back." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 David invited him to supper and got him drunk. But again that night Uriah did not go home; instead he slept on his blanket in the palace guardroom.

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
Then the Lord God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever."
Genesis 6:5
When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,
Genesis 8:21
The odor of the sacrifice pleased the Lord , and he said to himself, "Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.
Genesis 9:19
These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.
Genesis 11:1
At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Judges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them rescue you when you get in trouble."
1 Kings 18:27
At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.
Luke 1:51
He has stretched out his mighty arm and scattered the proud with all their plans.

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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