2 Samuel 11:10-12

Living Bible

¹⁰ When David heard what Uriah had done, he summoned him and asked him, “What’s the matter with you? Why didn’t you go home to your wife last night after being away for so long?”

¹¹ Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies and the general and his officers are camping out in open fields, and should I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I will never be guilty of acting like that.”

¹² “Well, stay here tonight,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.”

So Uriah stayed around the palace.