2 Samuel 11:9 - Easy To Read Version

But Uriah did not go home. Uriah slept outside the door of the king’s house. He slept there like all the king’s servants did.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Common English Bible

However, Uriah slept at the palace entrance with all his master’s servants. He didn’t go down to his own house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Urias slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord; and went not down to his own house.

2 Samuel 11:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:10

The servants told David, “Uriah did not go home.”

2 Samuel 11:13

Then David called Uriah {to come and see him}. Uriah ate and drank with David. David made Uriah drunk. But Uriah still did not go home. That evening, Uriah went to sleep with the king’s servants {outside the king’s door}.

1 Kings 14:27

So king Rehoboam made more shields to put in their places. But these shields were made from bronze, {not gold}. He gave the shields to the men who were guarding the palace gates.

1 Kings 14:28

Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him. They carried the shields. After they were finished, they put the shields back on the wall in the guard room.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.