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And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the slaves of his lord but did not go down to his house.
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent
it by the hand of Uriah.
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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle and retire from him, that he may be smitten and die.
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And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that the most valiant men
were.
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And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and
some of the people of the slaves of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war
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and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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and if the king begins to be angry and he should say unto thee, Why did you approach so near unto the city when ye fought? Did ye not know that which they can throw down from the wall?
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Who smote Abimelech, the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then thou shalt say, Thy slave Uriah, the Hittite, is dead also.
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So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
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And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out unto us into the field, and we made them retreat unto the entering of the gate.