Camest thou not from thy journey Better, Art not thou come from a journey? David expresses surprise and displeasure that Uriah had not done as men usually do on their return from a journey, and gone to his own home. Uriah's brave resolution not to enjoy the comforts of his home even for a single night, while his comrades were enduring the hardships of a campaign, bade fair to frustrate David's scheme for concealing his sin. He may too have had some suspicion of his wife's unfaithfulness.

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