2 Samuel 11:11

Good News Translation

Uriah answered, “The men of Israel and Judah are away in battle, and the Covenant Box is with them; my commander Joab and his officers are camping out in the open. How could I go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife? By all that's sacred, I swear that I could never do such a thing!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:10

When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he asked him, “You have just returned after a long absence; why didn't you go home?”

2 Samuel 14:19

“Did Joab put you up to this?” he asked her. She answered, “I swear by all that is sacred, Your Majesty, that there is no way to avoid answering your question. It was indeed your officer Joab who told me what to do and what to say.

2 Samuel 20:6

So the king said to Abishai, “Sheba will give us more trouble than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or else he may occupy some fortified towns and escape from us.”

2 Samuel 7:2

Then the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but God's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!”

2 Samuel 7:6

From the time I rescued the people of Israel from Egypt until now, I have never lived in a temple; I have traveled around living in a tent.

Numbers 32:6

Moses replied, “Do you want to stay here while the other Israelites go to war?

John 13:14

I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another's feet.

2 Timothy 2:12

If we continue to endure, we shall also rule with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

1 Samuel 1:26

Hannah said to him, “Excuse me, sir. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 14:18

“Bring the ephod here,” Saul said to Ahijah the priest. (On that day Ahijah was carrying it in front of the people of Israel.)

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out to fight Goliath, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is he?” “I have no idea, Your Majesty,” Abner answered.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David answered, “Your father knows very well how much you like me, and he has decided not to let you know what he plans to do, because you would be deeply hurt. I swear to you by the living Lord that I am only a step away from death!”

1 Samuel 25:26

It is the Lord who has kept you from taking revenge and killing your enemies. And now I swear to you by the living Lord that your enemies and all who want to harm you will be punished like Nabal.

1 Samuel 4:4

So they sent messengers to Shiloh and got the Covenant Box of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned above the winged creatures. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, came along with the Covenant Box.