Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 11:11

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark , and Israel, and Judah abide in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields ; shall I then go into mine house to eat, and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

Which it seems, was now carried with them for their encouragement and direction, as was usual: See Numb 10. 35. 1 Sam. 4. 4.

To wit, in Tents which are in the Fields.

He might possibly add these words, to insinuate his apprehension of the King's Design, and to awaken his Conscience to the consideration of his Sin, and of the Injury which he had done him. His meaning is, Now when God's People are in a doubtful and dangerous Condition, it becomes me to Sympathize with them, and to abstain even from lawful Delights. Whereby he might possibly intimate, how unworthy it was for David in such a season to indulge himself in sinful and injurious Pleasures. But David's Ear was now Deaf, his Heart being hardned through the deceitfulness of Sin.

Marginal references: Chap. 20. 6.