15 And he wrote [a]thus in the letter, [b]Put ye Uriah in the forefront of the strength of the battle, and recule ye back from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

16 ¶ So when Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah unto a place, where he knew that strong men were.

17 And the men of the city came out, and fought with Joab: and there fell of the people of the servants of David, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:15 Hebrew, saying.
  2. 2 Samuel 11:15 Except God continually uphold us with his mighty spirit, the most perfect fall headlong into all vice and abomination.

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