2 Samuel 11:9

9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:9 in Other Translations

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

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

9 But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

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

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master's servants; he did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the
servants of his lord
The bodyguards, which were placed there to watch the palace in the night season; Uriah first fell into a conversation with these as is highly probable, to whom he was well known, and who might inquire of one and another of their friends in the army; and he being weary, laid himself down among there, and slept:

and went not down to his house;
whether the trifling questions David asked him, or the information the guards might give him of his wife being sent for to court; made him suspect something, and so had no inclination to go to this own house; or however so it was ordered by the providence of God, which directed him to act in this manner, that the sin of David and Bathsheba they studied to hide might be discovered.

2 Samuel 11:9 In-Context

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

10 David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”