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And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.
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And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
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Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
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And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.
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So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
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And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.
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Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:
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And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,
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If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?
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Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.
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So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?