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But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
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When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "You have just come from a journey. Why did you not go down to your house?"
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Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing."
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Then David said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day. On the next day,
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David invited him to eat and drink in his presence and made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
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In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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In the letter he wrote, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, so that he may be struck down and die."
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As Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant warriors.
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The men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was killed as well.
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Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting;
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and he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling the king all the news about the fighting,