nkjv 2Samuel:11:8-15 SEEK
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And David said to Uriah , "
Go down to your house and wash your feet ."
So Uriah departed from the king '
s house ,
and a gift of food from the king followed him .
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But Uriah slept at the door of the king '
s house with all the servants of his lord ,
and did not go down to his house .
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So when they told David ,
saying , "
Uriah did not go down to his house ,"
David said to Uriah , "
Did you not come from a journey ?
Why did you not go down to your house ?"
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And Uriah said to David , "
The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents ,
and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields .
Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink ,
and to lie with my wife ?
As you live ,
and as your soul lives ,
I will not do this thing ."
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Then David said to Uriah , "
Wait here today also ,
and tomorrow I will let you depart ."
So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next .
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Now when David called him ,
he ate and drank before him ;
and he made him drunk .
And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord ,
but he did not go down to his house .
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In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah .
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And he wrote in the letter ,
saying , "
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle ,
and retreat from him ,
that he may be struck down and die ."