2 Samuel 11:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept outside the entrance to the royal palace, where the king's guards slept.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:10

Someone told David that Uriah had not gone home. So the next morning David asked him, “Why didn't you go home? Haven't you been away for a long time?”

2 Samuel 11:13

David invited him for dinner. Uriah ate with David and drank so much that he got drunk, but he still did not go home. He went out and slept on his mat near the palace guards.

1 Kings 14:27

Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe.

1 Kings 14:28

Whenever Rehoboam went to the LORD's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he had finished.

Proverbs 21:30

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.