2 Samuel 11:10 Meaning and Explanation
“And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?”
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What Does 2 Samuel 11:10 Mean?
Word reaches David that his plan has stalled. He questions Uriah directly: You have come from a journey; why did you not go down to your house? The king probes, half puzzled, half desperate, as his scheme begins to slip from his grasp.
David cannot understand a man who refuses comfort for the sake of his brothers, because David himself has just refused his own duty for the sake of comfort. We are often blind to the very virtue we lack. The soldier's restraint stands as a silent sermon to the king, and to every reader, that the fear of the Lord and faithfulness to one's calling outweigh the pull of ease and pleasure.
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What does 2 Samuel 11:10 mean?
Told that Uriah stayed at the palace, David presses him about why he did not go home.