And Uriah 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.
Israel, and Judah, abide in tents, х bacukowt (H5521)] - properly in booths. Its use, however, in this passage to signify tents, overturns one of the favourite objections of Coleso (see the notes at Exodus 12:37). But, doubtless, the resolution of Uriah was overruled by that Providence which brings good out of evil, and which has recorded this sad episode for the warning of the Church.