NASB
"So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men."
— 2 Samuel 11:16, NASB
“And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.”
“It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.”
“So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.”
“Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were.”
Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord's servants, but he did not go down to his house.
Now in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
He had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die."
So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.
The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.
He charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king,