2 Samuel 11:16
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
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2 Samuel 11:21
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If so, then you are to say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.'"

2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab's brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 20:9, 10
"Are you well, my brother?" Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him. . . .

1 Samuel 22:17-19
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me." But the king's servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD. . . .

1 Kings 2:5, 31-34
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. . . .

1 Kings 21:12-14
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people. . . .

2 Kings 10:6
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: "If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the king's sons, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than men.

Parallel Verses
New American 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.

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.

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

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.

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