6. Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah, the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7. And Uriah went to David. And David inquired whether Joab was doing well, and about the people, and how the war was being conducted.
8. And David said to Uriah, "Go into your house, and wash your feet." And Uriah departed from the house of the king. And a meal from the king followed after him.
9. But Uriah slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.
10. And it was reported to David by some, saying, "Uriah did not go into his house." And David said to Uriah: "Did you not arrive from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
11. And Uriah said to David: "The ark of God, and Israel and Judah, dwell in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, stay upon the face of the earth. And should I then go into my own house, so that I may eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By your welfare and by the welfare of your soul, I will not do this thing."
12. Therefore, David said to Uriah, "Even so, remain here today, and tomorrow I will send you away." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem, on that day and the next.
13. And David called him, so that he might eat and drink before him, and he made him inebriated. And departing in the evening, he slept on his bedding, with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his own house.
14. Therefore, when morning arrived, David wrote a letter to Joab. And he sent it by the hand of Uriah,
15. writing in the letter: "Place Uriah opposite the warfare, where the battle is the strongest, and then abandon him, so that, having been wounded, he may die."
16. And so, when Joab was besieging the city, he positioned Uriah in the place where he knew the strongest men to be.
17. And the men, departing from the city, made war against Joab. And some of the people among the servants of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
18. And so, Joab sent and reported to David every word about the battle.
19. And he instructed the messenger, saying: "When you have completed all the words about the war to the king,