David Receiving the News of Uriah’s Death by Rembrandt
David Receiving the News of Uriah’s Death by Rembrandt van Rijn.
David devised a plan that would cost Bat-Sheva’s husband, Uriah, his life.
2 Samuel 11:14-17
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he sent with Uriah. He wrote in the letter as follows: "Place Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest; then fall back so that he may be killed."…The men of the city sallied out and attacked Joab… Uriah the Hittite was among those who died.
King David deeply regretted his mistake, and an ode to this regret can be read in Psalm 51. The child of their union died. King David took Bat-Sheva as his wife, and she gave birth to Solomon, the future king who would be commissioned to build the Temple.
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In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he sent with Uriah. He wrote in the letter as follows: "Place Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest; then fall back so that he may be killed."…
The men of the city sallied out and attacked Joab… Uriah the Hittite was among those who died.
וַיְהִ֣י בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב דָּוִ֛ד סֵ֖פֶר אֶל-יוֹאָ֑ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח בְּיַ֥ד אוּרִיָּֽה: וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּסֵּ֖פֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר "הָב֣וּ אֶת-אֽוּרִיָּ֗ה אֶל-מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ הַֽחֲזָקָ֔ה וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם מֵאַחֲרָ֖יו וְנִכָּ֥ה וָמֵֽת"... וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ אֶת-יוֹאָ֔ב ... וַיָּ֕מָת גַּ֖ם אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי:
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