Holy Scripture

2 Samuel 11:14

A church father on this verse
“We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1

Source: Septuagint

Original

14And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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12And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee go. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.

13And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

— 2 Samuel 11:14 —

15And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Uriah in front of the severe part of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.

16And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Uriah in a place where he knew that valiant men were.

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