King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 11:8
“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 meat] from the king.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 11
And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded [of him] how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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 meat] from the king.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down unto thine house?
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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