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2Sa 11:9 Strong Concordance But Uriah [0223] slept [07901] at the door [06607] of the king's [04428] house [01004] with all the servants [05650] of his lord [0113], and went not down [03381] to his house [01004].
  King James But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

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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]
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house--It is customary for servants to sleep in the porch or long gallery; and the guards of the Hebrew king did the same. Whatever his secret suspicions might have been, Uriah's refusal to indulge in the enjoyment of domestic pleasure, and his determination to sleep "at the door of the king's house," arose from a high and honorable sense of military duty and propriety (Sa2 11:11). But, doubtless, the resolution of Uriah was overruled by that Providence which brings good out of evil, and which has recorded this sad episode for the warning of the church.
 
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11 And Uriah [0223] said [0559] unto David [01732], The ark [0727], and Israel [03478], and Judah [03063], abide [03427] in tents [05521]; and my lord [0113] Joab [03097], and the servants [05650] of my lord [0113], are encamped [02583] in the open [06440] fields [07704]; shall I [0589] then go [0935] into mine house [01004], to eat [0398] and to drink [08354], and to lie [07901] with my wife [0802]? as thou livest [02416], and as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], I will not do [06213] this thing [01697].