2 Samuel 11:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

So it happened, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

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  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 11:21 : 21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-34 : 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • 1 Kgs 21:12-14 : 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
  • 2 Kgs 10:6 : 6 Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying, If you are mine, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel by tomorrow at this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who raised them.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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  • 2 Sam 11:17-18
    2 verses
    87%

    17Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

    18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

  • 2 Sam 11:6-15
    10 verses
    86%

    6Then David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    7When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

    8And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. So Uriah departed from the king's house, and a gift of food from the king followed him.

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

    10When they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?

    11And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.

    12Then David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

    13Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

    14In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the fiercest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.

  • 2 Sam 11:20-26
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    78%

    20if it so happens that the king's wrath rises, and he says to you, Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know they would shoot from the wall?

    21Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

    22So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

    23And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field, and we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate.

    24The archers shot from the wall at your servants, and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

    25Then David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab: Do not let this thing trouble you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it. So encourage him.

    26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    75%

    1And it came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:41
    74%

    41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    74%

    7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
    74%

    3So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    73%

    10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

  • 2 Sam 10:9
    73%

    9When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose all the elite men of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    73%

    8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    72%

    1It came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the power of the army and devastated the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

  • Jer 26:23
    72%

    23And they brought Urijah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the tombs of the common people.

  • 2 Sam 12:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

    11Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    72%

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    71%

    11And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • Jer 26:21
    71%

    21And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt;

  • 2 Sam 23:39
    70%

    39Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    70%

    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and became chief.

    7Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore, they called it the city of David.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    69%

    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    69%

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

  • 2 Sam 12:26-27
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    69%

    26Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

    27Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah and have taken the city of waters.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    69%

    13And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 20:15-16
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    15They besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, building a siege ramp against the city that stood against the wall, and all the people with Joab battered the wall to bring it down.

    16Then a wise woman called out from the city, Listen, listen; please say to Joab, Come here, that I may speak with you.