This could mean **_go home to be intimate with his wife_**. David wanted people, especially Uriah, to believe that Bathsheba was pregnant with Uriah’s child.
The connecting word **so** connects the reason (Uriah refused to sleep with his wife), with the result (David sent him into great danger). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-result]])
The connecting words **so that** connect the reason (David wanted Uriah killed), with the result (David told the general to put Uriah where the enemy was strongest and abandon him there). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-result]])