14It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.


In Context

11 Uriah said to David, |The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!|

12 David said to Uriah, |Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.| So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.

13 When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house.

14 It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

15 He wrote in the letter, saying, |Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.|

16 It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

2 Samuel 11:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:14And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:14And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:14And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.