2 Samuel 12:12 References
a 2 Samuel 11:4-15
2 Samuel 11
4
David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, ahe lay with her; band when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
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Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7
When Uriah came to him, aDavid asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.
8
Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and awash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.
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But Uriah slept aat 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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Now when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
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Uriah said to David, "aThe ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and bthe 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? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing."
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Then David said to Uriah, "aStay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.