Verse Lens · Concise explanation
2 Samuel 11:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “David Tries to Make Uriah Go Home.”
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 11:6–13
Read 2 Samuel 11:13 with 11:6–13. The wording “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk…” supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: David recalls Uriah and repeatedly tries to send him to his house, but Uriah refuses comfort while the ark and army remain exposed.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “David Tries to Make Uriah Go Home,” 2 Samuel 11:13 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Samuel 11:1–5 establishes this prior movement: While armies besiege Rabbah, David sees Bathsheba, sends inquiries and messengers, takes her, lies with her, and receives her pregnancy notice. 2 Samuel 11:6–13 responds to the pressure already established; that demonstrated relationship, rather than sequence alone, explains its placement.
What Remains True
Covenant hope and durable promise remain joined to righteous rule, correction, discipline, and accountability rather than royal immunity. In this unit, that truth is tested by the concrete movement: David recalls Uriah and repeatedly tries to send him to his house, but Uriah refuses comfort while the ark and army remain exposed. In 2 Samuel 11:13, the concrete line “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk….” When a leader manipulates schedules, hospitality, intoxication, or records to conceal wrongdoing, preserve the evidence, protect the person being used as cover, and require independent accountability. This response follows from the unit's own pattern—David recalls Uriah and repeatedly tries to send him to his house, but Uriah refuses comfort while the ark and army remain exposed.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Samuel 11:6–13 — David Tries to Make Uriah Go HomeSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 11:6-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 11:6-13
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Samuel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Unit-bounded wording, older-English clarification, textual witnesses, syntax, names, numbers, and major historical or literary notes actually printed for these verses.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 557–558, translation and all translator notes attached to 11:6-13
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