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2 Samuel 11:6 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 11 · verse 6
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.2 Samuel 11:6 · King James Version
2 Samuel 11:6 in context
4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HittiteChittîya Chittite, or descendant of ChethH2850 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- UriahʼÛwrîyâhUrijah, the name of one Hittite and five IsraelitesH223 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
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Uriah, we may suppose, had now been absent from his wife some weeks, making the campaign in the country of the Ammonites, and not intending to return till the end of it. The situation of his wife would bring to light the hidden works of darkness;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13