6. David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent [him] Uriah.
7. When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the people fared, and how the war progressed.
8. David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of food [a gift] from the king.
9. But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
10. When they told David, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?
11. Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah live in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As you live and as my soul lives, I will not do this thing.