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2 Samuel 11:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. "

2 Samuel 11:7

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5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

6 David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.

7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

8 David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.

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"David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”"

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1 Kings 15:5

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"because David did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."

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1 Kings 2:5

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"“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist and in his sandals that were on his feet."

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2 Samuel 11:1

"At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem."

2 Samuel 11:2

"At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at."

2 Samuel 11:3

"David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”"

2 Samuel 11:4

"David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house."

2 Samuel 11:5

"The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”"

2 Samuel 11:6

"David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David."

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