KJV King James Version
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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2 Samuel 11:17
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
ASV American Standard Version
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and there fall some of the people, of the servants of David; and there dieth also Uriah the Hittite.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 11
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men [were].
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאַנְשֵׁ֤יH582 · e.noshhumanהָעִיר֙H5892 · irexcitementוַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּH3898 · la.chamto fightאֶת־H854 · etwithיוֹאָ֔בH3097 · yo.avJoabוַיִּפֹּ֥לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleמֵעַבְדֵ֣יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveדָוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיָּ֕מָתH4191 · mutto dieגַּ֖םH1571 · gamalsoאוּרִיָּ֥הH223 · u.riy.yahUriahהַחִתִּֽי׃H2850 · chit.tiHittite
Cross-references
Psalm 51:14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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