Uriah the Hittite
Gentile Hittite · United Kingdom · Old Testament
- Also called
- Uriah, Urias
- Name means
- The LORD is my light
- Role
- Loyal soldier among David's mighty men
- When
- c. 1000 BC (traditional)
What they did
Refused to go home to his wife while the ark and the army were in tents. David had him placed in the hottest battle, where he was killed.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
A Gentile whose faithfulness exposed the king's sin; Scripture remembers him by name in the record of David's life and in the genealogy of Christ.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 2 Samuel 11:11 (KJV)
Bible references
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV)
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 2 Samuel 11:11 (KJV)
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. 2 Samuel 23:39 (KJV)
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 1 Kings 15:5 (KJV)
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; Matthew 1:6 (KJV)
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Bathsheba