2 Samuel 11:7

7 When he arrived, David asked him for news from the front - how things were going with Joab and the troops and with the fighting.

2 Samuel 11:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:7

And when Uriah was come unto him
To David, to whom he came first, before he went to his own house, desirous of knowing what was the special business of the king with him:

David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how
the war prospered;
he asked of the welfare of Joab the general, and of the common soldiers, and of the warriors, as the Targum, the mighty men that went along with Joab, ( 2 Samuel 10:7 ) ( 11:1 ) . David seems to have been at a loss what to say to him. These questions were so mean and trivial, that it might justly give Uriah some suspicion that it could never he on this account, that he was sent for; since David could not want intelligence of such things, expresses being daily sending him.

2 Samuel 11:7 In-Context

5 Before long she realized she was pregnant. Later she sent word to David: "I'm pregnant."

6 David then got in touch with Joab: "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." Joab sent him.

7 When he arrived, David asked him for news from the front - how things were going with Joab and the troops and with the fighting.

8 Then he said to Uriah, "Go home. Have a refreshing bath and a good night's rest."

9 But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance, along with the king's servants.