◄ H223 ►

And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of H223 the Hittite?

And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me H223 the Hittite. And Joab sent H223 to David.

And when H223 was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

And David said to H223, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And H223 departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

But H223 slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

And when they had told David, saying, H223 went not down unto his house, David said unto H223, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

And H223 said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, 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.

And David said to H223, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So H223 abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of H223.

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye H223 in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.