2 Samuel 11:6-11

11:6 So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. 11:7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. ¹  11:8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” ²  When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. ³  11:9 But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all ⁴  the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

11:10 So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?” 11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations ⁵  with my wife? As surely as you are alive, ⁶  I will not do this thing!”

[11:7]  ¹ tn Heb “concerning the peace of Joab and concerning the peace of the people and concerning the peace of the battle.”

[11:8]  ² tn Heb “and wash your feet.”

[11:8]  ³ tn Heb “and there went out after him the gift of the king.”

[11:9]  ⁴ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation lacks the word “all.”

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and lay.”

[11:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”