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2 Samuel 11:8
“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.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 11
6
David sent to Joab, [saying], "Send me Uriah the Hittite." Joab sent Uriah to David.
7
When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
8
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.
9
But 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.
10
When 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?
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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