Uriah the Hittite (you-RYE-uh) is remembered in Scripture through choices and relationships that still deserve careful reading.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The reign of David, around the tenth century BC.
Home region: Jerusalem; serving in the campaign against Rabbah.
Main passages: 2 Samuel 11:1–27; 12:9; 23:39.
Story and role
Uriah was a Hittite soldier in David’s army and one of David’s mighty men. David arranged his death after sleeping with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba.
What the record preserves
The biblical passages show the choices, relationships, and consequences that made Uriah the Hittite part of the larger story. They should be read in context rather than reduced to a single label.
Limits of the evidence
Scripture does not explain Uriah’s ancestry or early life. Hittite identity in this context is discussed in several ways; certainty is not possible.
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Read further
2 Samuel 11:1–27; 12:9; 23:39, NIV; BiblicalTraining reference library.