2 Samuel 11:12

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem 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 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah did not go down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Didst thou not come from thy journey? Why then didst thou not go down to thy house?

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark and Israel and Judah abide in tents, and my lord Joab and the slaves of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life and by the life of thy soul, I will not do this thing.

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the next day.

13 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.

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.