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 and sent it with Uriah. 15In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.” So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died. 18Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.

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 11:21Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
• 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.
• 2 Samuel 20:9Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss.
• 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 2:5“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.
• 1 Kings 21:12They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people.
• 2 Kings 10:6He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent men of the city were raising them.
• Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
• Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than 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