2 Samuel 11:15 meaning and explanation

In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

2 Samuel 11:15, Berean Standard Bible

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David, the king of Israel, writes these words to Joab, his army commander, and sends the letter by the hand of Uriah himself, the man he is condemning. The verse is the climax of a chain of sin: David stayed home from war, took Bathsheba, and now arranges her husband's death to hide the pregnancy.

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