So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported, “This is Bathsheba,(A) daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah(B) the Hittite.”[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 11:3 DSS add Joab’s armor-bearer

and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(A) the daughter of Eliam(B) and the wife of Uriah(C) the Hittite.”

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15 In the letter he wrote:

Put Uriah(A) at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.

16 When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17 Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hittite also died.

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15 In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down(A) and die.(B)

16 So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. 17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

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Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider[a] evil?(A) You struck down Uriah(B) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.(C) 10 Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house(D) because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:9 Alt Hb tradition reads what He considers

Why did you despise(A) the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down(B) Uriah(C) the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed(D) him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword(E) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

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