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8 Then he (beloved) said to Uriah (YHWH is my light), “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him. 9 But Uriah (YHWH is my light) slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house. 10 And David (beloved) was told, “Uriah (YHWH is my light) did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?” 11 Uriah (YHWH is my light) answered (beloved), “The ark and Israel (he wrestles with God) and Judah (praised) are dwelling in tents (staying at Sukkoth), and my master Joab (YHWH is father) and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!” 12 “Stay here one more day,” David (beloved) said to Uriah (YHWH is my light), “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem (city of peace) that day and the next. 13 Then David (beloved) invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home. 2 Samuel 11:8-13, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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