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Then David told Uriah, “Go on down to your house and relax a while.”[a] So Uriah left the king’s palace, and the king sent a gift along after him. 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.

10 When David was told that Uriah hadn’t gone home the previous night,[b] he quizzed him,[c] “You just arrived from a long journey, so why didn’t you go down to your own house?”

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  1. 2 Samuel 11:8 Lit. and wash your feet
  2. 2 Samuel 11:10 The Heb. lacks the previous night
  3. 2 Samuel 11:10 Lit. Uriah

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.”(A) So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

10 David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

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