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?
Ver. 10. And when they had told David.] They, that is, his corycaei, his brokers; such as was that hangby, Hiram the Adullamite.
Why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?] Shouldst thou not have obeyed me as thy prince, or at least listened to me as thy friend, since all was for thine own good?