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David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. Joab sent Uriah to David.
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A Calculated Deception
Commentators explain that David's command to summon Uriah was not a random military order but a calculated scheme. His goal was to bring Uriah home to his wife, Bathsheba, so that the child conceived in adultery would be assumed to be Uriah's, thus concealing the sin.
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19th Century
Anglican
Send me Uriah. —David proposed in this way to cover up his crime. By calling for Uriah and treating him with marked consi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David sent to Joab Who was with the army besieging Rabbah, which, according to Bunting F11, was sixty…
Presbyterian
Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason is worse than robbing him of his mo…
