2 Samuel 11:15-17

American Standard Version

¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the ^[a]hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. ¹⁶ And it came to pass, when Joab ^[b]kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were. ¹⁷ And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.