2 Samuel 11:12

12 David said to Uriyah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriyah abode in Yerushalayim that day, and the next day.

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 When they had told David, saying, Uriyah didn't go down to his house, David said to Uriyah, Haven't you come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

11 Uriyah said to David, The ark, and Yisra'el, and Yehudah, abide in booths; and my lord Yo'av, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into 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 this thing.

12 David said to Uriyah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriyah abode in Yerushalayim that day, and the next day.

13 When David had called him, he ate 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 didn't go down to his house.

14 It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Yo'av, and sent it by the hand of Uriyah.