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2 Samuel 11:8

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David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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2 Samuel 11:8 in other translations

And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king.

2 Samuel 11:8 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 11:8 in context

  1. 6David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
  2. 7When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
  3. 8David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
  4. 9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.
  5. 10When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”