And 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.
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Gill's Exposition
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;…
Barnes' Notes
A mess of meat - Compare Gen 43:34. The word denotes the honorable portion given by the host to his chief guest.
Adam Clarke
Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet - Uriah had come off a journey, and needed this refreshment; but David's design was that he should go and lie with his wife, that the child now conceived should…
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…
Cambridge Bible
wash thy feet An indispensable refreshment after a journey in the East, where sandals only were worn. Cp. Gen 18:4; Gen 43:24; Luk 7:44.
a messof meat from the king A portion from the king's table as…
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