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Literal Standard Version

2 Samuel 11:9

and Uriah lies down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and has not gone down to his house.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Continence;   David;   Ingratitude;   Instability;   Lasciviousness;   Loyalty;   Uriah;   Thompson Chain Reference - David;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Uriah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bathsheba;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Joab;   Marriage;   Samuel, Books of;   Uriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bed-Chamber;   Uriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bathsheba;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nimrod;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Uriah, Urijah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
Hebrew Names Version
But Uriyah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his master and did not go down to his house.
English Standard Version
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.
New Century Version
But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept outside the door of the palace as all the king's officers did.
New English Translation
But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
Amplified Bible
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king's palace with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But Vriah slept at the doore of the Kings palace with all the seruants of his lord, and went not downe to his house.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Uriah lay down at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Contemporary English Version
But Uriah didn't go home. Instead, he slept outside the entrance to the royal palace, where the king's guards slept.
Complete Jewish Bible
But Uriyah slept at the door of the king's palace with all the servants of his lord and didn't go down to his house.
Darby Translation
And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Uriah did not go home. He slept outside the door of the king's palace, as the rest of the king's servants did.
George Lamsa Translation
But Uriah slept at the door of the kings house beside all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Good News Translation
But Uriah did not go home; instead he slept at the palace gate with the king's guards.
Literal Translation
Uriah lay down at the entrance of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord. And he did not go down to his house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Vrias layed him downe to slepe before the kynges palace gate, where all his lordes seruauntes laye, & wente not downe in to his house.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But Urias slept at the doore of ye kinges palace, with all the seruauntes of his lorde, and went not downe to his house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
But Uriah slept at the doore of the kings house, with all the seruants of his lord, and went not downe to his house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master's servants; he did not go down to his house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Vrye slepte bifor the yate of the kyngis hows with othere seruauntis of his lord, and yede not doun to his hows.
Young's Literal Translation
and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.
Update Bible Version
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the slaves of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
New Life Bible
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.
New Revised Standard
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, - and went not down unto his own house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
But Uri'ah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
THE MESSAGE
David's Sin and Sorrow When that time of year came around again, the anniversary of the Ammonite aggression, David dispatched Joab and his fighting men of Israel in full force to destroy the Ammonites for good. They laid siege to Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem. One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful. David sent to ask about her, and was told, "Isn't this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?" David sent his agents to get her. After she arrived, he went to bed with her. (This occurred during the time of "purification" following her period.) Then she returned home. Before long she realized she was pregnant. Later she sent word to David: "I'm pregnant." David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him. When he arrived, David asked him for news from the front—how things were going with Joab and the troops and with the fighting. Then he said to Uriah, "Go home. Have a refreshing bath and a good night's rest." After Uriah left the palace, an informant of the king was sent after him. But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance, along with the king's servants.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

6And David sends to Joab, [saying], "Send Uriah the Hittite to me," and Joab sends Uriah to David; 7and Uriah comes to him, and David asks of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war. 8And David says to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet"; and Uriah goes out of the king's house, and there goes out a gift from the king after him, 9and Uriah lies down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and has not gone down to his house.10And they declare [it] to David, saying, "Uriah has not gone down to his house"; and David says to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?" 11And Uriah says to David, "The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in shelters, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamping on the face of the field; and should I go to my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul—if I do this thing." 12And David says to Uriah, "Also abide in this [place] today, and tomorrow I send you away"; and Uriah abides in Jerusalem on that day and on the next day, 13and David calls for him, and he eats before him, and drinks, and he causes him to drink, and he goes out in the evening to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he has not gone down to his house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 5:12-14, Proverbs 21:30

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:13 - with the servants

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:10
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
Genesis 10:20
These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Genesis 10:25
And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first [is] Peleg (for in his days the earth has been divided), and his brother's name [is] Joktan.
Genesis 11:1
And the whole earth is of one language, and of the same words,
Genesis 11:14
And Salah has lived thirty years [[or one hundred and thirty years]], and begets Eber.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah takes his son Abram, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go toward the land of Canaan; and they come to Haran, and dwell there.
Genesis 11:32
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dies in Haran.
Acts 17:26
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
1 Corinthians 14:23
If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in commoners or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord,.... The bodyguards, which were placed there to watch the palace in the night season; Uriah first fell into a conversation with these as is highly probable, to whom he was well known, and who might inquire of one and another of their friends in the army; and he being weary, laid himself down among there, and slept:

and went not down to his house; whether the trifling questions David asked him, or the information the guards might give him of his wife being sent for to court; made him suspect something, and so had no inclination to go to this own house; or however so it was ordered by the providence of God, which directed him to act in this manner, that the sin of David and Bathsheba they studied to hide might be discovered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 11:9. Slept at the door — That is, in one of the apartments or niches in the court of the king's house. But in Bengal servants and others generally sleep on the verandahs or porches in face of their master's house.


 
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