6. So David sent a message to Joab. It said, "Send me Uriah, the Hittite." Joab sent him to David.
7. Uriah came to David. David asked him how Joab and the soldiers were doing. He also asked him how the war was going.
8. David said to Uriah, "Go home and enjoy some time with your wife." So Uriah left the palace. Then the king sent him a gift.
9. But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept at the entrance to the palace. He stayed there with all of his master's servants.
10. David was told, "Uriah didn't go home." So he sent for Uriah. He said to him, "You have been away for a long time. Why didn't you go home?"
11. Uriah said to David, "The ark and the army of Israel and Judah are out there in tents. My master Joab and your special troops are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink? How could I go there and make love to my wife? I could never do a thing like that. And that's just as sure as you are alive!"
12. Then David said to him, "Stay here one more day. Tomorrow I'll send you back to the battle." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.