Uriah

The first 10 of 22 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 11:3

  So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

• 2 Samuel 11:6

  At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

• 2 Samuel 11:7

  When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.

• 2 Samuel 11:8

  Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

• 2 Samuel 11:9

  But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

• 2 Samuel 11:10

  And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

• 2 Samuel 11:11

  Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

• 2 Samuel 11:12

  “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

• 2 Samuel 11:14

  The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

• 2 Samuel 11:15

  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.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.