2 Samuel 11:15
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
KJV
scribens in epistola : Ponite Uriam ex adverso belli, ubi fortissimum est prælium : et derelinquite eum, ut percussus intereat.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐν βιβλίῳ λέγων Εἰσάγαγε τὸν Οὐρείαν ἐξ ἐναντίας τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ κραταιοῦ, καὶ ἀποστραφήσεσθε ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πληγήσεται καὶ ἀποθανεῖται.
LXX
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
ASV
וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּ/סֵּ֖פֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הָב֣וּ אֶת אֽוּרִיָּ֗ה אֶל מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֤י הַ/מִּלְחָמָה֙ הַֽ/חֲזָקָ֔ה וְ/שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם מֵ/אַחֲרָ֖י/ו וְ/נִכָּ֥ה וָ/מֵֽת
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 15:5 — Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 2Sam 12:9 — Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with th
- Ps 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.