2Samuel:11:8-15

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* And David said to Uriah , Go down to thy house , and wash thy feet . And Uriah departed out of the kings house , and there followed him a mess of meat from the king . * But Uriah slept at the door of the kings house with all the servants of his lord , and went not down to his house . * And when they had told David , saying , Uriah went not down unto his house , David said unto Uriah , Camest thou not from thy journey ? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house ? * And Uriah said unto David , The ark , and Israel Yisra #el #, and Judah , abide in tents ; and my lord Joab Yow #ab #, 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 . * And David said to Uriah , Tarry here to day also , and to morrow I will let thee depart . So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day , and the morrow . * And when David had called him , he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord , but went not down to his house . * And it came to pass in the morning , that David wrote a letter to Joab Yow #ab #, and sent it by the hand of Uriah . * And he wrote in the letter , saying , Set ye Uriah in the forefront paniym # of the hottest battle , and retire ye from him , that he may be smitten , and die .

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