Sinai2 Samuel 11:14
American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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2 Samuel 11:14 in other translations
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:14 in context
- 12And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
- 13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
- 14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
- 16And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.