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Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[a]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace. But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

10 When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Hebrew and wash your feet, an expression that may also have a connotation of ritualistic washing.

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