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But Urias slept before the gate of the king’s house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house.
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And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
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And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall I go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul I will not do this thing.
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Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to day, and to morrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem that day and the next.
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And David called him to eat and to drink before him, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord, and went not down into his house.
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And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,
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Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.
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Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were.
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And the men coming out of the city, fought against Joab, and there fell some of the people of the servants of David, and Urias the Hethite was killed also.
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Then Joab sent, and told David all things concerning the battle.
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And he charged the messenger, saying: When thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,