2 Samuel 11:16

2 Samuel 11:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
• New International Version (NIV)So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:16

14In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab. Uriah took the letter to Joab. 15In the letter, David told Joab, ‘Put Uriah at the front of all our soldiers, where the battle is most dangerous. Then tell the other soldiers to move back away from him. Then he will be alone and the enemy's soldiers will kill him.’ Joab's soldiers were all around Rabbah city and they were watching it carefully. Joab sent Uriah to fight near to the city, where the enemy's best soldiers were. 17When some of the Ammonite soldiers came out of the city to fight Joab's army, they killed some of David's men. Uriah the Hittite was one of the men who died there. 18Joab wrote a report to tell David about the battle.

2 Samuel 11:16 word by word

וַיְהִ֕י בִּשְׁמ֥וֹר יוֹאָ֖ב אֶל־הָעִ֑יר וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־א֣וּרִיָּ֔ה אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֖יִל שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• observedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• that he assignedנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• Uriahאוּרִיָּה'ûrîyâh 'ûrîyâhû · UriahH223
• unto a placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• where he knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:16

• 2 Samuel 11:21Remember how a woman killed Jerub-Besheth's son, Abimelech. She threw a heavy stone down on him from the city wall in Thebez. You should not have gone so near to Rabbah's city wall.” If King David does say that, tell him, “Your servant, Uriah the Hittite is dead too.” ’
• 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab met him at the city's gate. Then Joab took him into a corner, as if he wanted to speak with Abner alone. But he pushed his knife into Abner's stomach. Joab killed Abner because Abner had killed Asahel, Joab's brother.
• 2 Samuel 20:9Joab said to Amasa, ‘How are you, my brother?’ He took hold of Amasa's beard with his right hand. He pretended that he wanted to kiss him.
• 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king said to the guards who were near him, ‘Now kill the Lord's priests! They have been helping David. They knew that he was running away from me. But they did not tell me.’ But the king's officers refused to hurt the Lord's priests.
• 1 Kings 2:5Do not forget what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me. He killed the two leaders of Israel's armies, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa. Joab killed them as if they were his enemies in a war. But there was no war. So he is guilty of their deaths when they had done nothing wrong. Their blood is on his belt and on his shoes.
• 1 Kings 21:12They chose a day for the people to fast. They put Naboth in a seat where the people could see him.
• 2 Kings 10:6So Jehu wrote a second letter to them. It said, ‘If you are ready to help me and you will obey me, do this: Bring the heads of your master's sons here to me in Jezreel. Bring them by this time tomorrow.’ At that time, important leaders of the city were taking care of the king's 70 sons.
• Proverbs 29:12When a ruler listens to lies, all his officers will be wicked.
• Hosea 5:11Terrible trouble will come to Ephraim's people. They will receive great punishment. They deserve that because they chose to worship idols.
• Acts 5:29Peter and the other apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than obey people.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Observed the city - In the sense of besieging it closely.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-27Verses 14-27 Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17Uriah was not the only one who died. David sacrificed several other Israelite soldiers while attempting to hide his sin.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:16

• David
• Government
• Homicide
• Ingratitude
• Joab
• Lasciviousness
• Uriah

In the dictionaries

• Joab
• Uriah
• Uriah; Uruah
• Approach
• David
• Samuel, Books of
• Assign
• Bible, the
• Gentiles
• Hittites

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings