Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”

Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

then go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”

The king then returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal in order to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.