24 However, the archers shot down on your servants from the top of the wall, and some of the king’s servants died. Your servant Uriah the Hethite is also dead.”

25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”

26 When Uriah’s(A) wife heard that her husband, Uriah, had died, she mourned for him.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 11:26 Lit her husband

Bible Gateway Recommends