2 Samuel 11:15

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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

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Hebrew words

וַיִּכְתֹּבvaiyikhtoand he wroteH3789בַּסֵּפֶרbaseferin the letterH5612לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הָבוּhavusetH3051אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אוּרִיָּה'uriyahUriahH223אֶל־'el-toH413מוּלmul[the] front ofH4136פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַמִּלְחָמָהhamilchamahthe battleH4421הַחֲזָקָהhachazakah<the> severeH2389וְשַׁבְתֶּםveshavtemand you will turn backH7725מֵאַחֲרָיוme'acharavfrom after himH310וְנִכָּהvenikahand he will be struck downH5221וָמֵת׃ סvametand he will dieH4191

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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
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And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
1 Samuel 18:21
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1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 18:25
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

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