2Samuel:11:8-15
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Then David said to Uri '
ah , "
Go down to your house ,
and wash your feet ."
And Uri '
ah went out of the king '
s house ,
and there followed him a present from the king .
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But Uri '
ah 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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When they told David , "
Uri '
ah did not go down to his house ,"
David said to Uri '
ah , "
Have you not come from a journey ?
Why did you not go down to your house ?"
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Uri '
ah said to David , "
The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths ;
and my lord Jo '
ab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field ;
shall I then go to my house ,
to eat and to 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 Uri '
ah , "
Remain here today also ,
and tomorrow I will let you depart ."
So Uri '
ah remained in Jerusalem that day ,
and the next .
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And David invited him ,
and he ate in his presence and drank ,
so that he made him drunk ;
and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord ,
but he did not go down to his house .
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In the morning David wrote a letter to Jo '
ab ,
and sent it by the hand of Uri '
ah .
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In the letter he wrote , "
Set Uri '
ah in the forefront of the hardest fighting ,
and then draw back from him ,
that he may be struck down ,
and die ."
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