Cross References

2 Samuel 11:9

Good News Translation

But Uriah did not go home; instead he slept at the palace gate with the king's guards.

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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?”

David invited him to supper and got him drunk. But again that night Uriah did not go home; instead he slept on his blanket in the palace guardroom.

To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.

Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

Human wisdom, brilliance, insight—they are of no help if the Lord is against you.