وقتی یهویاقیم پادشاه و سربازان و درباریان او این را شنیدند، پادشاه سعی کرد او را بکُشد. وقتی اوریا از آن باخبر شد، از ترس به مصر فرار کرد.
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;