And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war.

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

When Uriah had come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war was going. And he said, 'Well.'

And Uriah went to David. And David inquired whether Joab was doing well, and about the people, and how the war was being conducted.

David was forced to stoop to falsehood and dissimulation in the vain hope of hiding his sin.

And when Uriah was come unto him,.... To David, to whom he came first, before he went to his own house, desirous of knowing what was the special business of the king with him:
David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered; he asked of the welfare of Joab the general, and of the common soldiers, and of the warriors, as the Targum, the mighty men that went along with Joab, 2-Samuel 10:7. David seems to have been at a loss what to say to him. These questions were so mean and trivial, that it might justly give Uriah some suspicion that it could never he on this account, that he was sent for; since David could not want intelligence of such things, expresses being daily sending him.