11 Uriah said to David, ^p“The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and ^qthe 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? As you live, and ^ras your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”

6 And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take ⁱyour lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.”¹