2 Samuel 11:8-13 ▼

8 And David said to Uriah, |Go down to your house, and wash your feet.| So Uriah went out from the presence of the king, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

9 But Uriah slept at the king’s door with his master’s servants, and did not go down to his house.

10 And it was reported to David, saying, |Uriah did not go down to his house.| So David said to Uriah, |Haven't you come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?|

11 And Uriah said to David, |The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camped in the open field. Then how can I go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As the LORD lives, and as you live, I will not do this thing.|

12 Then David said to Uriah, |Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.| So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day.

13 And the next day David summoned him, and he ate and drank in his presence, and he made him drunk. But in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.