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2 Samuel 11:16
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14 In the morning it happened that David awrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.  
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may abe struck down and die.”  
16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.
17 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.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,
19 and charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king,
20 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?
21 Who struck aAbimelech 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.’ ”  
22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.
23 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.
24 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.”
25 Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”  
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she abecame his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done bdispleased the Lord. 
Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 11:16

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
So when Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah opposite where he knew the enemy's most valiant men were.

Contemporary English Version
Joab had been carefully watching the city of Rabbah, and he put Uriah in a place where he knew there were some of the enemy's best soldiers.

Darby English Version
And it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.

Good News Bible
So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.

King James Version
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

New American Standard Bible
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there {were} valiant men.

New International Version
So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

New King James Version
So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So it came to pass as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew that valiant men fought.

Revised Standard Version
And as Jo'ab was besieging the city, he assigned Uri'ah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.

Young's Literal Translation
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 `are';


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