2 Samuel 11:17 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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What Does 2 Samuel 11:17 Mean?
The defenders sally out, and in the clash several of David's soldiers fall, Uriah the Hittite among them. The plan succeeds, but at a wider cost than one life; other men die to make the death look like ordinary battle.
Sin never stays contained to its intended target. To hide one wrong, David spends the lives of soldiers who knew nothing of the scheme. The innocent suffer for the sins of the powerful, a grief that runs all through Scripture. Yet the death of the faithful is precious in God's sight, and no life lost to another's evil is forgotten by the Judge of all the earth, who will set every account right in the end.
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What does 2 Samuel 11:17 mean?
In the fighting several of David's men fall, and Uriah is killed.