John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:8
And David said to Uriah, go down to thy house, and wash thy feet ,.... For his refreshment, and to prepare for bed, which was what he wanted to get him to: and Uriah departed out of the king's house ; in order as it might seem to the king to go to his own: and there followed him a mess of meat from the king : no doubt a delicious dish, to eat with his wife before he went to bed, to excite him the more to desire the enjoyment of her this mess consisted, according to Abarbinel, of... read more