2 Samuel 11:9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master's servants; he did not go down to his house.

International Standard Version
But Uriah spent the night sleeping in the alcove of the king's palace in the company of all his master's staff members. He refused to go down to his own home.

American Standard Version
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Urias slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house.

Darby Bible Translation
And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Young's Literal Translation
and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:10
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Came you not from your journey? why then did you not go down to your house?

2 Samuel 11:13
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.

1 Kings 14:27
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

1 Kings 14:28
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house—It is customary for servants to sleep in the porch or long gallery; and the guards of the Hebrew king did the same. Whatever his secret suspicions might have been, Uriah's refusal to indulge in the enjoyment of domestic pleasure, and his determination to sleep "at the door of the king's house," arose from a high and honorable sense of military duty and propriety (2Sa 11:11). But, doubtless, the resolution of Uriah was overruled by that Providence which brings good out of evil, and which has recorded this sad episode for the warning of the church.