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New Century Version

2 Samuel 11:6

So David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." And Joab sent Uriah 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 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.
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 So David sent a message to Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were, and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go home and rest." So Uriah left the palace, and the king sent a gift to him. 9 But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept outside the door of the palace as all the king's officers did. 10 The officers told David, "Uriah did not go home." Then David said to Uriah, "You came from a long trip. Why didn't you go home?" 11 Uriah said to him, "The Ark and the soldiers of Israel and Judah are staying in tents. My master Joab and his officers are camping out in the fields. It isn't right for me to go home to eat and drink and have sexual relations with my wife!" 12 David said to Uriah, "Stay here today. Tomorrow I'll send you back to the battle." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 Then David called Uriah to come to see him, so Uriah ate and drank with David. David made Uriah drunk, but he still did not go home. That evening Uriah again slept with the king's officers.

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, "Humans have become like one of us; they know good and evil. We must keep them from eating some of the fruit from the tree of life, or they will live forever."
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil.
Genesis 8:21
The Lord was pleased with these sacrifices and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of human beings. Their thoughts are evil even when they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.
Genesis 9:19
These three men were Noah's sons, and all the people on earth came from these three sons.
Genesis 11:1
At this time the whole world spoke one language, and everyone used the same words.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
Judges 10:14
You have chosen those gods. So go call to them for help. Let them save you when you are in trouble."
1 Kings 18:27
At noon Elijah began to make fun of them. "Pray louder!" he said. "If Baal really is a god, maybe he is thinking, or busy, or traveling! Maybe he is sleeping so you will have to wake him!"
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.
Luke 1:51
He has done mighty deeds by his power. He has scattered the people who are proud and think great things about themselves.

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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