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2 Samuel 11:6–13, “And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 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. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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.”
David had sinned against Uriah and now he tried to cover it up. He sent to Joab and asked him to send Uriah home on leave. David asked Joab how the war was going and how the people were going while they were fighting the war. After that conversation, David told Uriah to go home and spend the night with his wife. Uriah was an honourable man and didn’t go home. When David asked him why he didn’t go home, Uriah told David that it was wrong for him to spend time at home while the rest of his brother soldiers were away from their families, the ark of the Lord was in the field and everyone was in danger. David sent some men with wine to give to Uriah so that he would get drunk and go home but Uriah retained his integrity and didn’t go home at all.
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