2 Samuel 11:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Send me Uriah. — David proposed thus to cover up his crime. By calling for Uriah and treating him with marked consideration, he thought to establish a friendly feeling on his part, and then by sending him to his wife to have it supposed that the child, begotten in adultery, was Uriah’s own.

2 Samuel 11:6

6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.