1 Kings 21:14

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1 Kings 21:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

14 Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

16 And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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2 Samuel 11:14

The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

2 Samuel 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.”

2 Samuel 11:16

So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.

2 Samuel 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.

2 Samuel 11:18

Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

2 Samuel 11:19

and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,

2 Samuel 11:20

if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?

2 Samuel 11:21

Who was the one to strike 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 so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

2 Samuel 11:23

The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.

2 Samuel 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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.