And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded [of him] how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
Ver. 7. How Joab did, and how the people did.] David was but a bungler at committing and covering his sin. Lust was but a stranger to him, as Peter Martyr observeth from that passage in Nathan's parable. 2Sa 12:4 What poor queries were these to put to such a man as Uriah! What weak pretences for fetching him home from such a service! Might not a meaner man have made as good a messenger? Some conceive that Uriah hereupon began to suspect somewhat, and to grow jealous of his beautiful wife, so that he would not come at her.
And how the war prospered.] Heb., Of the peace of the war; that is, in what forwardness the war was for a peaceable conclusion.