2 Samuel 11:8-10

8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and ¹wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.

9 But Uriah slept ²at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

10 Now when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"

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2 Samuel 11:8-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 11

This chapter begins with the destruction of the Ammonites, and the siege of Rabbah their chief city, 2Sa 11:1; and enlarges on the sins of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, 2Sa 11:2-5; in contriving to conceal his sin by sending for her husband home from the army, 2Sa 11:6-13; in laying a scheme for the death of him by the hand of the Ammonites, 2Sa 11:14-25; and in marrying Bathsheba when he was dead, 2Sa 11:26,27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 2

1. Genesis 43:24; Luke 7:44
2. 1 Kings 14:27, 28

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "went out"