2 Samuel 11:24-26
1599 Geneva Bible
24 But the shooters shot from the wall against thy servants, and some of the king’s servants be dead: and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.
25 Then David said unto the messenger, [a]Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing trouble thee: for the sword devoureth [b]one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and destroy it, and encourage thou him.
26 ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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- 2 Samuel 11:25 He dissembleth with the messenger, to the intent that neither his cruel commandment, nor Joab’s wicked obedience might be espied.
- 2 Samuel 11:25 Hebrew, so and so.
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