2 Samuel 11:7

7 Uriah came to him, and David asked {how Joab and the army fared and how the war was going}.

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 The woman became pregnant, and she sent and told David, and she said, "I [am] pregnant."

6 So David sent to Joab, "Send Uriah the Hittite to me." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

7 Uriah came to him, and David asked {how Joab and the army fared and how the war was going}.

8 David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." So Uriah went out from the king's house, and a gift from the king went out after him.

9 But Uriah slept [at] the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his master and did not go down to his house.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "as far as the peace of Joab, as far as the peace of the army, and as far as the peace of the battle"