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David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
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Verse 8. Feet. As they did not wear stockings, this practice was very common after a journey. David thus insinuated that Urias might take his rest, and go to his wife, that so he might suppose that the child was his own, and the crime of Bethsabee might be concealed. Calmet.—King, as a mark of honour, but in reality that he might be more excited to indulge his pleasures. Abulensis. Menochius.
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