2 Samuel 11:13
11 Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
12 “Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
- KJV
- And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
- WEB
- When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.
- ASV
- And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
- DARBY
- And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
- BLB
- And David called to him, and he ate before his face and drank, and he made him drunk. And he went out at the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord; and to his house he did not go down.
- ÅB
- Og David inviterte ham til seg, og han spiste og drakk hos ham, og han drakk ham drukken; og om kvelden gikk han ut og la seg på sitt leie sammen med sin herres tjenere; men til sitt hus gikk han ikke ned.
- OTB
- Nå kalte David ham til seg, og han spiste og drakk foran ham, og han gjorde ham beruset. Om kvelden gikk han ut for å ligge på sin seng med sin herres tjenere, men han gikk ikke ned til sitt hus.
- B1930
- Og David bad ham til sig, og han åt og drakk hos ham, og han drakk ham drukken; og om aftenen gikk han ut og la sig på sitt leie sammen med sin herres tjenere; men til sitt hus gikk han ikke ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
Read in contextGenesis 19:32–35
Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
Read in contextExodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
Read in contextProverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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