5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 And David sent to Jo´ab, saying, Send me Uri´ah the Hittite. And Jo´ab sent Uri´ah to David.
7 And when Uri´ah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Jo´ab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uri´ah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uri´ah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9 But Uri´ah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uri´ah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uri´ah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11 And Uri´ah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Jo´ab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.