2 Samuel 11:20
if the king becomes angry and asks you,‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?
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- 2 Sam 11:21-255 verses80%
21 Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him,‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”
22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.
23 The messenger said to David,“The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate.
24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
25 David said to the messenger,“Tell Joab,‘Don’t let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
- 2 Sam 11:14-196 verses78%
14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 In the letter he wrote:“Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”
16 So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.
17 When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David’s soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.
19 He instructed the messenger as follows:“When you finish giving the battle report to the king,
- 2 Sam 11:6-72 verses73%
6 So David sent a message to Joab that said,“Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.
- 2 Sam 11:9-124 verses73%
9 But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
10 So they informed David,“Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah,“Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”
11 Uriah replied to David,“The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and go to bed with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!”
12 So David said to Uriah,“Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.
- 2 Sam 20:15-162 verses71%
15 So Joab’s men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab’s soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,
16 a wise woman called out from the city,“Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab,‘Come near so that I may speak to you.’”
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12 If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.
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20 I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.
- 2 Sam 12:9-102 verses70%
9 Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’
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5 The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
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10 When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
- 1 Sam 17:28-292 verses70%
28 When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”
29 David replied,“What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”
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9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
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8 You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”
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13 If I had acted at risk of my own life– and nothing is hidden from the king!– you would have abandoned me.”
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14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”
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1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.
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1 David Commits Adultery with Bathsheba In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
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16 But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
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24 So Joab went to the king and said,“What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way!
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7 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.
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33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded.”
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20 However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.
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37 He found another man and said,“Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.
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5 I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
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26 Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah.(But David was not aware of it.)
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3 But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
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20 Mark out the routes for the sword to take:“Rabbah of the Ammonites” and“Judah with Jerusalem in it.”
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31 Then Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him,“Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?”