2 Samuel 11:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

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  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests. 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod. 19 And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 11:21 : 21 Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss. 10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-34 : 31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause. 32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.
  • 1 Kgs 21:12-14 : 12 They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death. 14 And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
  • 2 Kgs 10:6 : 6 Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

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  • 2 Sam 11:17-18
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    17 And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.

    18 Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

  • 2 Sam 11:6-15
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    6 And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    7 And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

    8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

    9 But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

    10 And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

    11 And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

    12 And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

    13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

    14 Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

    15 And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

  • 2 Sam 11:20-26
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    20 If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

    21 Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.

    22 So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

    23 And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.

    24 And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.

    25 Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

    26 And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
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    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:41
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    41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
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    3 And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 1 Chr 19:10
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    10 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

  • 2 Sam 10:9
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    9 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15 And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
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    1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

  • Jer 26:23
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    23 And they took Uriah out of Egypt and came back with him to Jehoiakim the king; who put him to death with the sword, and had his dead body put into the resting-place of the bodies of the common people.

  • 2 Sam 12:9-11
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    9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

    11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
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    26 And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11 And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

  • Jer 26:21
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    21 And when his words came to the ears of Jehoiakim the king and all his men of war and his captains, the king would have put him to death; but Uriah, hearing of it, was full of fear and went in flight into Egypt:

  • 2 Sam 23:39
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    39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:6-7
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    6 And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    14 So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    15 And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
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    31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

  • 2 Sam 12:26-27
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    26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

    27 And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
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    13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

  • 2 Sam 20:15-16
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    15 And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.

    16 Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.