New English Translation
2 Samuel 11:6
6So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- New International Version (NIV)So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Context of 2 Samuel 11:6
4David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home. 5The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.” So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. 7When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. 8Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.
Read all of 2 Samuel 112 Samuel 11:6 word by word
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח דָּוִד֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב שְׁלַ֣ח אֵלַ֔י אֶת־אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה הַחִתִּ֑י וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־אֽוּרִיָּ֖ה אֶל־דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:6
- Genesis 4:7Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
- Genesis 38:18He said, “What pledge should I give you?” She replied, “Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had sex with her. She became pregnant by him.
- 1 Samuel 15:30Saul again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”
- Job 20:12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
- Proverbs 28:13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 29:13The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
- Matthew 26:70But he denied it in front of them all: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
- Matthew 26:72He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!”
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:6
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.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
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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
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