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2 Samuel 11:7 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 11 · verse 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.2 Samuel 11:7 · King James Version
2 Samuel 11:7 in context
5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prosperedshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- demandedshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- UriahʼÛwrîyâhUrijah, the name of one Hittite and five IsraelitesH223 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Uriah, we may suppose, had now been absent from his wife some weeks, making the campaign in the country of the Ammonites, and not intending to return till the end of it. The situation of his wife would bring to light the hidden works of darkness;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13