# Uriah — Leviathan character guide

> Uriah in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Hittite soldier whose wife Bathsheba was taken by King David.

## In the story

### [XXI: Of the Liberty of Subjects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xxi-of-the-liberty-of-subjects)

Referenced as the innocent subject killed by David, used to illustrate the distinction between injury to a subject and sin against God.

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