and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
Parallel translations
- KJV Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
- BSB and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
- NKJV and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
- NASB and Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all.
- NLT Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
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Quick answer
The list closes with Uriah the Hittite, totaling thirty-seven mighty men in all.
Overview
The final name, Uriah the Hittite, is a loyal foreign warrior whom David later wronged grievously in the matter of Bathsheba. Ending the honor roll with Uriah quietly recalls David's great sin against a faithful servant, reminding us that even God's anointed needed the forgiveness and righteousness ultimately found in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 11:3David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
- 1 Kgs 15:5because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- Matt 1:6Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
- 2 Sam 12:9Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- 1 Chr 11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
- 2 Sam 11:6–27David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
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