The ark and the army are in tents. My commander is camping out in the open field. How could I go home and eat and drink and sleep with my wife? I won’t do it.
Uriah the Hittite
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Soldier. Wouldn’t go home while the army was in tents.
A Hittite by family, a soldier in King David’s army, and one of his thirty best. Married to Bathsheba.
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Back in Jerusalem. Called in to see the king himself. He wanted to know how Joab is, how the men are, how the war’s going.
The king asked me why I didn’t go home. The ark of God is in a tent. Israel and Judah are in tents. Joab and the men are camped out in the open field. And I’m meant to go home, eat, drink and be with my wife? I swear on the king’s life, I won’t do it.
The king says stay one more day, and he’ll send me back tomorrow. So I’m staying.
Heading back to the front first thing. The king’s given me a letter to take to Joab.