2Sa 11:14-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | So in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah .

2 Samuel 11:14-17

14 So in the morning David ^awrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 ^bHe had written in the letter ^{▼▼Lit saying}the following: “ ^{▼▼Lit Give}Station Uriah on the front line of the ^{▼▼Lit severe}fiercest battle and pull back from him, ^fso that he may be struck and killed.” 16 So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he ^{▼▼Lit gave}stationed Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 And the men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and ^hUriah the Hittite also died.