2 Samuel 11:16

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Summary

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

He assigned

General references

Deuteronomy 27:24

Bible References

He assigned

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 did you go near the wall? Then thou shalt say, Thy slave Uriah, the Hittite, is dead also.

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly and smote him there under the fifth rib that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in peace, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

Then the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn and slay the priests of the LORD because their hand also is with David and because they knew when he fled and did not show it to me. But the slaves of the king would not put forth their hands to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me and what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner, the son of Ner and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.

They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye are mine and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take the heads of the male sons of your master and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy males, were with the great men of the city, who had brought them up.

Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We must persuade God rather than men.

General references

Cursed is he that smites his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.