2 Samuel 11:14
Good News Translation
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah.

New Revised Standard Version
In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Contemporary English Version
Early the next morning, David wrote a letter and told Uriah to deliver it to Joab.

New American Bible
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab which he sent by Uriah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,

1 Kings 21:8-10 So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. . . .

Psalm 19:13 And from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.

Psalm 52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Jeremiah 9:1-4 Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. . . .

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

Micah 7:3-5 The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it. . . .

Context
David Arranges Uriah's Death
14And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,15Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:9
Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

2 Samuel 11:13
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