2 Samuel 11:7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

English Standard Version
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.

New American Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

King James Bible
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

International Standard Version
When Uriah arrived, David inquired about how Joab was doing, how the army was doing, and how the war was progressing.

American Standard Version
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

Darby Bible Translation
And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

Young's Literal Translation
and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

Cross References

Genesis 37:14
And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

1 Samuel 17:22
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brothers.

2 Samuel 11:6
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:6-13 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 money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. the woman conceived, and sent and told David—Some immediate measures of concealing their sin were necessary, as well for the king's honor as for her safety, for death was the punishment of an adulteress (Le 20:10).