Atomic Bible

Hittite soldier; husband of Bathsheba

Uriah

Named in 22 verses across 4 books, first in 2 Samuel 11:3.

אוּרִיָּהUriah

ΟὐρίαςUriah

The name means “or Urijah, the Lord is my light or fire.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Married to
Bathsheba

About Uriah Written by AI

Uriah, often referred to as Uriah the Hittite, was a soldier in King David's army (2Samuel 11; 12:9-10, 15; 23:39; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Chronicles 11:41; Matthew 1:6). He was married to Bathsheba, with whom David committed adultery while Uriah was away fighting in battle. When Bathsheba became pregnant, David attempted to cover up his sin by summoning Uriah back from the battle and encouraging him to sleep with his wife. However, Uriah's loyalty and sense of duty prevented him from enjoying the comforts of home while his fellow soldiers were in battle. David then sent Uriah back to the front lines with a letter instructing the commander, Joab, to place Uriah in the fiercest part of the battle and then withdraw, ensuring his death. After Uriah's death, David took Bathsheba as his wife, but the Lord was displeased with David's actions. The prophet Nathan confronted David about his sin, and David faced severe consequences, including the death of the child conceived through adultery. Uriah's loyalty and righteousness stand in stark contrast to David's abuse of power and moral failure, serving as a reminder of the importance of integrity and the consequences of sin.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Uriah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

The Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s “mighty men.” The sad story of the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26). (See BATHSHEBA; DAVID.)

(2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2).

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(3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. 2 Samuel 11:3

    So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

  2. 2 Samuel 11:6

    At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

  3. 2 Samuel 11:7

    When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

  4. 2 Samuel 11:8

    Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

  5. 2 Samuel 11:9

    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

  6. 2 Samuel 11:10

    And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

  7. 2 Samuel 11:11

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

  8. 2 Samuel 11:12

    “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

  9. 2 Samuel 11:14

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

  10. 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.”

  11. 2 Samuel 11:16

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

  12. 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.

  13. 2 Samuel 11:21

    Who struck 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 he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

  14. 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.”

  15. 2 Samuel 11:26

    When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

  16. 2 Samuel 12:9

    Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

  17. 2 Samuel 12:10

    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

  18. 2 Samuel 12:15

    After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

  19. 2 Samuel 23:39

    and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

  20. 1 Kings 15:5

    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  21. 1 Chronicles 11:41

    Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,

  22. Matthew 1:6

    and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.