2 Samuel 11:7
New International Version
When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

New Living Translation
When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

English Standard Version
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.

Berean Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.

King James Bible
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

New King James Version
When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

New American Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being and that of the people, and the condition of the war.

NASB 1995
When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

NASB 1977
When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

Legacy Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the state of Joab and the state of the people and the state of the war.

Amplified Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the people were doing, and how the war was progressing.

Christian Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

American Standard Version
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Uriah came to David, and David asked Uriah about Yuab, and about the people and about the war

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.

Contemporary English Version
to David's palace, and David asked him, "Is Joab well? How is the army doing? And how about the war?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

English Revised Version
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the troops were and how the war was going.

Good News Translation
When Uriah arrived, David asked him if Joab and the troops were well, and how the fighting was going.

International Standard Version
When Uriah arrived, David inquired about how Joab was doing, how the army was doing, and how the war was progressing.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

Literal Standard Version
and Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

Majority Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.

New American Bible
And when he came, David asked him how Joab was, how the army was, and how the war was going, and Uriah answered that all was well.

NET Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.

New Revised Standard Version
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the people fared, and how the war was going.

New Heart English Bible
And Uriah came to him, and David asked about the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war. And he said, "Its well."

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

World English Bible
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

Young's Literal Translation
and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David and Bathsheba
6At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. 7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war. 8Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.…

Cross References
Genesis 37:14
Then Israel told him, "Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me." So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

1 Samuel 17:22
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

2 Samuel 11:6
At this, David sent orders to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.


Treasury of Scripture

And when Uriah was come to him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

how Joab did.

Genesis 29:6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

Genesis 37:14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

1 Samuel 17:22
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

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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
















Parallel Commentaries ...


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

came
וַיָּבֹ֥א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to him,
אֵלָ֑יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

David
דָּוִ֗ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

asked
וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל (way·yiš·’al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

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

and the troops
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

were doing
וְלִשְׁל֖וֹם (wə·liš·lō·wm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

with the war.
הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war


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