2 Samuel 11:14
“¶ And it came to passe in the morning, that Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.”
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2 Samuel 11:14 Context
12And Dauid said to Uriah, Tary here to day also, and to morow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Ierusalem that day, and the morrow. 13And when Dauid had called him, hee did eate and drinke before him, and he made him drunke: and at euen hee went out to lie on his bed with the seruants of his lord, but went not downe to his house. 14¶ And it came to passe in the morning, that Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set yee Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battel, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16And it came to passe when Ioab obserued the citie, that he assigned Uriah vnto a place where hee knewe that valiant men were.
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.
- King James Version
Now in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent {it} by the hand of Uriah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
- Basic English Bible
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.
- Darby Bible
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- Webster's Bible
It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- World English Bible
And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible