2 Samuel 11:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.”
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“So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it cometh to pass in Joab's watching of the city, that he appointeth Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men <FI>are<Fi> ;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 11:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:21Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
- 2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
- 1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- 2 Kings 10:6Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
- Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
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