2 Samuel 11:6-17

2 Samuel 11:6-17

[6] And David  sent  to Joab,  saying, Send  me Uriah  the Hittite.  And Joab  sent  Uriah  to David.  [7] And when Uriah  was come  unto him, David  demanded  of him how Joab  did,  and how the people  did,  and how the war  prospered.  [8] And David  said  to Uriah,  Go down  to thy house,  and wash  thy feet.  And Uriah  departed out  of the king's  house,  and there followed  him a mess  of meat from the king.  [9] 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.  [10] And when they had told  David,  saying,  Uriah  went not down  unto his house,  David  said  unto Uriah,  Camest  thou not from thy journey?  why then didst thou not go down  unto thine house?  [11] And Uriah  said  unto David,  The ark,  and Israel,  and Judah,  abide  in tents;  and my lord  Joab,  and the servants  of my lord,  are encamped  in the open  fields;  shall I  then go  into mine house,  to eat  and to drink,  and to lie  with my wife?  as thou livest,  and as thy soul  liveth,  I will not do  this thing.  [12] And David  said  to Uriah,  Tarry  here to day  also, and to morrow  I will let thee depart.  So Uriah  abode  in Jerusalem  that day,  and the morrow.  [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.  [14] And it came to pass in the morning,  that David  wrote  a letter  to Joab,  and sent  it by the hand  of Uriah.  [15] And he wrote  in the letter,  saying,  Set  ye Uriah  in the forefront  of the hottest  battle,  and retire  ye from him,  that he may be smitten,  and die.  [16] And it came to pass, when Joab  observed  the city,  that he assigned  Uriah  unto a place  where he knew  that valiant  [17] And the men  of the city  went out,  and fought  with Joab:  and there fell  some of the people  of the servants  of David;  and Uriah  the Hittite  died