2 Samuel 11:16
New International Version
So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

New Living Translation
So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.

English Standard Version
And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.

Berean Standard Bible
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.

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

New King James Version
So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

New American Standard Bible
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

NASB 1995
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

NASB 1977
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

Amplified Bible
So it happened that as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the [enemy’s] valiant men were positioned.

Christian Standard Bible
When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as Yuab camped by the city, he appointed Uriah to a place where he knew that mighty men were

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.

Contemporary English Version
Joab had been carefully watching the city of Rabbah, and he put Uriah in a place where he knew there were some of the enemy's best soldiers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Since Joab had kept the city under observation, he put Uriah at the place where he knew the experienced warriors were.

Good News Translation
So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.

International Standard Version
So as Joab began to attack the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew valiant men would be stationed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass in Joab’s watching of the city, that he appoints Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men [were];

Majority Standard Bible
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.

New American Bible
So while Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the defenders were strong.

NET Bible
So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

New Revised Standard Version
As Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant warriors.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew that valiant men were.

World English Bible
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass in Joab's watching of the city, that he appointeth Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men are;

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Context
David Arranges Uriah's Death
15In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.” 16So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers. 17And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 11:15
In the letter he wrote: "Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed."

2 Samuel 11:17
And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David's servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.


Treasury of Scripture

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

he assigned

2 Samuel 11:21
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.

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was 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.

2 Samuel 20:9,10
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him…

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2 Samuel 11
1. While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bathsheba
6. Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not go home.
14. He carries to Joab the letter of his death
18. Joab sends the news thereof to David
26. David takes Bathsheba as his wife














(16) Observed the city.--The word means watched, or blockaded. In the operations of the siege Joab so arranged some of his forces as to invite a sally from the city under circumstances in which it would be successful. It appears from 2Samuel 11:24 that Uriah's party had been sent so near as to come within reach of the archers on the wall.

Verse 16. - When Joab observed the city; Revised Version, kept watch upon the city. This does net mean, as some suppose, that Joab sent a body of men to examine the fortifications with a view to an assault, and so provoked a sally. The verb simply refers to the ordinary operations of a siege, which usually resolved itself into a long blockade, continued until starvation compelled a surrender; and to hasten this the people of the villages were forced into the town, by the rule that all left outside were put to the sword. To maintain the blockade, men were posted at all fit points round the city, and these were constantly assailed by the besieged. Joab then placed Uriah at a post which was especially the object of attack; and when the usual sally took place and was repulsed, Joab seems to have ordered Uriah to pursue them up to the very gate, where they would be exposed to a shower of arrows from the walls. Others fell besides Uriah, and that the loss was considerable, and the result of bad generalship, though designedly such, seems probable from the deprecation of the king's anger in ver. 20.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So as
וַיְהִ֕י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

Joab
יוֹאָ֖ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

besieged
בִּשְׁמ֥וֹר (biš·mō·wr)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the city,
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

he assigned
וַיִּתֵּן֙ (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

Uriah
א֣וּרִיָּ֔ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

a place
הַמָּקוֹם֙ (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

where
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

he saw
יָדַ֔ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

the strongest enemy soldiers.
אַנְשֵׁי־ (’an·šê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person


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