Afterward David said to Uriah, [a]Go down to thine house, and wash thy feet. So Uriah departed out of the king’s palace, and the king sent a present after him.

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

10 Then they told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house: and David said unto Uriah, Comest thou not from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thine house?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 11:8 David thought that if Uriah lay with his wife, his fault might be cloaked.

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