2 Samuel 11:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba,(A) daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah(B) the Hethite?” [a]
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- 11:3 DSS add Joab’s armor-bearer
2 Samuel 11:15-17
Christian Standard Bible
15 In the letter he wrote:
Put Uriah(A) at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.
16 When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. 17 Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hethite also died.
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2 Samuel 12:9-10
Christian Standard Bible
9 Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider[a] evil?(A) You struck down Uriah(B) the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.(C) 10 Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house(D) because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’
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- 12:9 Alt Hb tradition reads what he considers
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