2Samuel:11:14-24
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In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah .
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And he wrote in the letter ,
saying , "
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle ,
and retreat from him ,
that he may be struck down and die ."
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So it was ,
while Joab besieged the city ,
that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men .
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Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab .
And some of the people of the servants of David fell ;
and Uriah the Hittite died also .
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war ,
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and charged the messenger ,
saying , "
When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king ,
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if it happens that the king '
s wrath rises ,
and he says to you : "
Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought ?
Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall ?
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Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth ?
Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall ,
so that he died in Thebez ?
Why did you go near the wall ?'--
then you shall say , "
Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also ."'
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So the messenger went ,
and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him .
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And the messenger said to David , "
Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field ;
then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate .
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The archers shot from the wall at your servants ;
and some of the king '
s servants are dead ,
and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also ."
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