2 Samuel 11:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah. ¹⁵ In the letter David wrote, “Put Uriah on the front lines where the fighting is ·worst [fiercest; hardest] and ·leave him there alone [then pull back/withdraw]. Let him be ·killed in battle [^Lstruck down and die].”

¹⁶ Joab ·watched [or besieged] the city and saw where its ·strongest defenders [valiant men] were and put Uriah there.