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2 Samuel 11:14

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

KJV

Factum est ergo mane, et scripsit David epistolam ad Joab : misitque per manum Uriæ,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένετο πρωὶ καὶ ἔγραψεν Δαυεὶδ βιβλίον πρὸς Ἰωάβ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ Οὐρείου.

LXX

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י בַ/בֹּ֔קֶר וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֥ב דָּוִ֛ד סֵ֖פֶר אֶל יוֹאָ֑ב וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֖ח בְּ/יַ֥ד אוּרִיָּֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People DavidJoabUriah

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אוּרִיָּ֥ה
'vryh
proper_noun · 39×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers David's reign: his lament over Saul and Jonathan, the capture of Jerusalem, the bringing of the Ark, the Davidic covenant, the sin with Bathsheba, Absalom's rebellion, and David's final years. Josephus treats David as both a military genius and a flawed ruler.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:8 — So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
  • Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?