2 Samuel 11:24-26

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁴ The archers on the wall shot down at your mercenaries, and some of Your Majesty’s mercenaries died. Your man Uriah the Hittite also is dead.”

²⁵ David said to the messenger, “This is what you are to say to Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing trouble you, because a sword can kill one person as easily as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage him.”

²⁶ When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.