Uriah
Also called Urias
Mentioned 1054 BC to AD 26 traditional (Jones)
A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s “mighty men.” The sad story of the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
- Named in the same verses as David, Joab, Abimelech, Ahlai, Bathsheba, Eliam, Jerubbesheth, and Jesse.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Mentions
22 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Uriah 40Urias 0 |
| KJV | Uriah 28Urias 1 |
| ASV | Uriah 35Urias 0 |
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2 Samuel19 verses
- 11:3
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
- 11:6
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
- 11:7
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
- 11:8
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
- 11:9
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
- 11:10
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
- 11:11
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
- 11:12
“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
- 11:14
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
- 11:15
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
- 11:16
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
- 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.
- 11:21
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
- 11:24
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
- 11:26
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
- 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.
- 12:10
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
- 12:15
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
- 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
1 Kings1 verse
- 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
Matthew1 verse
- 1:6
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s “mighty men.” The sad story of the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26).