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2 Samuel 11:10-12
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 11:10-12
Common English Bible
10 David was told, “Uriah didn’t go down to his own house,” so David asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just returned from a journey? Why didn’t you go home?”
11 “The chest and Israel and Judah are all living in tents,” Uriah told David. “And my master Joab and my master’s troops are camping in the open field. How[a] could I go home and eat, drink, and have sex with my wife? I swear on your very life,[b] I will not do that!”
12 Then David told Uriah, “Stay here one more day. Tomorrow I’ll send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day. The next day
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- 2 Samuel 11:11 LXXL; MT lacks How.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 Or I swear on your life and your soul’s life; cf LXX
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