10:011:014 And it came to pass in the morning, that
David wrote a letter
to
Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
10:011:015 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set
ye Uriah in the
forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that
he
may be smitten, and die.
10:011:016 And it came to pass, when Joab observed
the city, that he
assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men
were.
10:011:017 And the men of the city went out, and fought
with Joab: and
there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and
Uriah
the Hittite died also.
10:011:018 Then Joab sent and told David all the things
concerning the
war;
10:011:019 And charged the messenger, saying, When
thou hast made an end
of
telling the matters of the war unto the king,
10:011:020 And if so be that the king’s wrath
arise, and he say unto
thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when
ye
did
fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
10:011:021 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?
did not a woman
cast
a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that
he
died
in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou,
Thy
servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
10:011:022 So the messenger went, and came and shewed
David all that Joab
had
sent him for.
10:011:023 And the messenger said unto David, Surely
the men prevailed
against
us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were
upon
them even unto the entering of the gate.
10:011:024 And the shooters shot from off the wall
upon thy servants; and
some
of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant
Uriah the
Hittite
is dead also.
10:011:025 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus
shalt thou say unto
Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword
devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong
against
the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou
him.
10:011:026 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah
her husband was
dead,
she mourned for her husband.
10:011:027 And when the mourning was past, David sent
and fetched her to
his
house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son.
But
the
thing that David had done displeased the lord.
10:012:001 And the lord sent Nathan unto David.
And he came unto him, and
said
unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich,
and
the other poor.
10:012:002 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:


