Bible Strands
2 Samuel 11:17
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the immediate outcome of the siege as city defenders sortie against Joab’s troops, resulting in casualties among David’s men and the death of Uriah.
The words — וַ/יִּפֹּ֥ל (va/i.yi.Pol) translates literally as “and fell,” marking the fatal collapse of combatants in the engagement.
The thread — This moment directly precedes the divine confrontation in 2 Samuel 12:9 regarding the command to put Uriah to the sword, and echoes the plea for deliverance from bloodguilt in Psalms 51:14.
Why it lands — The text documents the successful execution of a covert military order, requiring the reader to track how institutional violence implements royal sin and triggers inescapable accountability.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 12:9 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.