“In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 11 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.