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2 Samuel 11:13-17

2 Samuel 11:13

Now 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.

2 Samuel 11:14

So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

2 Samuel 11:15

He 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.”

2 Samuel 11:16

So 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 11:17

And the men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.