2 Samuel 11:7

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

2 Samuel 11:7 in Other Translations

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

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

7 When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

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.

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing 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 conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

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.