2 Samuel 11:14

2 Samuel 11:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
• New International Version (NIV)In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:14

12Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the day after. 13Now David summoned Uriah, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he made Uriah drunk; and in the evening Uriah went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, and he still did not go down to his house. So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15He had written in the letter the following: “Station Uriah on the front line of the fiercest battle and pull back from him, so that he may be struck and killed.” 16So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

2 Samuel 11:14 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב דָּוִ֛ד סֵ֖פֶר אֶל־יוֹאָ֑ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח בְּיַ֥ד אוּרִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• So in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• wroteכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• a letterסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• to Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• and sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• by the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of Uriahאוּרִיָּה'ûrîyâh 'ûrîyâhû · UriahH223

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:14

• 1 Kings 21:8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.
• Psalms 19:13Also keep Your servant back from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be innocent, And I will be blameless of great wrongdoing.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
• Psalms 62:9People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
• Micah 7:3As for evil, both hands do it well. The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge, And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul; So they plot it together.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14David wrote a letter - This was the sum of treachery and villany. He made this most noble man the carrier of letters which prescribed the mode in which he was to be murdered. This case some have likened to that of Bellerophon, son of Glaucus, king of Ephyra, who being in the court of Proetus, king of the Argives, his queen Antia, or as others Sthenoboea, fell violently in love with him; but he, refusing to gratify her criminal passions, was in revenge…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. 1-27David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership. These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah ... Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle--The various arts and stratagems by which the king tried to cajole Uriah, till at last he resorted to the horrid crime of murder--the cold-blooded cruelty of despatching the letter by the hands of the gallant but much-wronged soldier himself, the enlistment of Joab to be a partaker of his sin, the heartless affectation of mourning…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:14

• David
• Government
• Homicide
• Ingratitude
• Lasciviousness
• Letters
• Uriah

In the dictionaries

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• Joab
• Uriah
• Uriah; Uruah
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• Samuel, Books of
• Writing
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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