2 Samuel 11:8

2 Samuel 11:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:8

6Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered. And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. 9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”

2 Samuel 11:8 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לְא֣וּרִיָּ֔ה רֵ֥ד לְבֵיתְךָ֖ וּרְחַ֣ץ רַגְלֶ֑יךָ וַיֵּצֵ֤א אֽוּרִיָּה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַתֵּצֵ֥א אַחֲרָ֖יו מַשְׂאַ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Uriahאוּרִיָּה'ûrîyâh 'ûrîyâhû · UriahH223
• Go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to thy houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• thy feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• departed outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and there followedאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him a messמַשְׂאֵתmaώ'êth · tributeH4864

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:8

• Psalms 44:21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
• Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
• Luke 12:2For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
• Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• Genesis 18:4Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
• Genesis 19:2And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”
• Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
• Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
• Genesis 43:34Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin’s serving was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Go 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 pass for his, the honor of Bath-sheba be screened, and his own crime concealed. At this time he had no design of the murder of Uriah, nor of taking Bath-sheba to wife. A mess of meat from the king - All this was artfully contrived.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8A mess of meat - Compare Genesis 43:34. The word denotes the honorable portion given by the host to his chief guest.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8wash your feet: David assumed that Uriah would have sex with Bathsheba while on this weekend pass. Then everyone except Bathsheba would assume that the child was Uriah’s, conceived on this night. a gift: David may not have cared whether Uriah and Bathsheba were actually intimate. If Uriah had gone back to his house, people would have assumed that the pregnancy began during that time. This would have prevented questions about when and how Bathsheba became…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house--This sudden recall, the manner of the king, his frivolous questions (2Sa 11:7), and his urgency for Uriah to sleep in his own house, probably awakened suspicions of the cause of this procedure. there followed him a mess of meat from the king--A portion of meat from the royal table, sent to one's own house or lodgings, is one of the greatest compliments which an Eastern prince can pay.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:8

• Ablution
• Continence
• David
• Ingratitude
• Instability
• Lasciviousness
• Uriah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Uriah
• Approach
• Mess
• Samuel, Books of
• Bath; Bathing
• Bible, the
• Gentiles
• Hittites
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings