2 Samuel 11:6

11:6 So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Samuel 11:8

11:8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” ¹  When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. ² 

2 Samuel 11:12

11:12 So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one. ³ 

2 Samuel 11:14

11:14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

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¹ tn Heb “and wash your feet.”

² tn Heb “and there went out after him the gift of the king.”

³ tn On the chronology involved here see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 287.