He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 11:15 in context
2 Samuel 11:12–18
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David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.
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When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.
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In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck and die.”
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When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
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The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
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