(9) But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
Whether Uriah had any apprehensions about him, concerning his wife's fidelity; or whether, as a soldier, he did not choose to separate from the rest of the king's guards; or whether the Lord overruled this business, so that David's guilt might be more palpable and glaring, I take not upon me to say. But so it was, that Uriah did not go home to his house that night.