2 Samuel 11:12

12 “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

2 Samuel 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:12

And David said to Uriah, tarry here today also
In his court, when he found he could not persuade him to go to his own house:

and tomorrow I will let thee depart:
after he had tried one method more with him:

so Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow;
not in his own house, but the king's palace.

2 Samuel 11:12 In-Context

10 And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

11 Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

12 “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

13 Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.