And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
David was forced to stoop to falsehood and dissimulation in the vain hope of hiding his sin.
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…
Uriah summoned to Jerusalem
7. David demanded, &c. David sent for Uriah ostensibly to bring him word about the progress of the war. Uriah, as one of the "mighty men," no doubt held some command in the…