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2Sa 11:8 Strong Concordance And David [01732] said [0559] to Uriah [0223], Go down [03381] to thy house [01004], and wash [07364] thy feet [07272]. And Uriah [0223] departed out [03318] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and there followed [0310] him a mess [04864] of meat from the king [04428].
  King James And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house--This sudden recall, the manner of the king, his frivolous questions (Sa2 11:7), and his urgency for Uriah to sleep in his own house, probably awakened suspicions of the cause of this procedure.

there followed him a mess of meat from the king--A portion of meat from the royal table, sent to one's own house or lodgings, is one of the greatest compliments which an Eastern prince can pay.
 
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7 And when Uriah [0223] was come [0935] unto him, David [01732] demanded [07592] of him how Joab [03097] did [07965], and how the people [05971] did [07965], and how the war [04421] prospered [07965].
34 And he took [05375] and sent messes [04864] unto them from before him [06440]: but Benjamin's [01144] mess [04864] was five [02568] times [03027] so much as [07235] any of theirs. And they drank [08354], and were merry [07937] with him.