And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city,.... Where lay its greatest strength, and where it was best defended; or besieged it, as the Targum:
that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he…
Barnes' Notes
Observed the city - In the sense of besieging it closely.
When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge,…
Cambridge Bible
when Joab observed the city Better, as Joab watched the city, i.e. besieged it.
a place where he knew that valiant men were Uriah was posted opposite the most strongly guarded part of the city, where…
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