arose from off his bed In the cool of the afternoon, after his midday siesta. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 4:5.

walked upon the roof The flat roofs of Oriental houses "afford a most delightful promenade.… During a large part of the year the roof is the most agreeable place about the establishment, especially in the morning and the evening." Thomson's The Land and the Book, p. 39. David's palace on Mount Zion (ch. 2 Samuel 5:9) commanded a view of Uriah's house, which was in the Lower City (2 Samuel 11:8, go down).

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