Die. We no longer behold the genius of that David who would not hurt his persecutor. What a change does a shameful passion introduce in the whole conduct of a man! and how does one false step conduct from one abyss to another! Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris. (Tacitus) --- David could no longer bear the sight of a man whom he had injured so grievously. (Calmet)
III. DAVID'S SIN, CHASTISEMENT AND RESTORATION 1. David's Great Sin CHAPTER 11 _ 1. David's great sin (2 Samuel 11:1)_ 2. David sends for Uriah (2 Samuel 11:6) 3. The murder of Uriah (2
SAM 11. DAVID, BATH-SHEBA, AND URIAH (J). 2 SAMUEL 11:1. In the spring, at the beginning of the season suitable for military operations, Joab and the army set out to besiege Rabbah (Jeremiah 49:2 *);...
David's letter to Joab. Uriah's death 14. _sent it by the hand of Uriah_ So in the Greek story Proetus sent Bellerophon to Jobates with his own death-warrant. Cp. Hom. _Il._VI. 168, 169. "Slay him h...
_that he may be smitten, and die_ So blinded was David by his passion, and so eager to screen himself and Bath-sheba from the disgrace of exposure, that he did not shrink from plotting the murder of o...
AND HE WROTE IN THE LETTER, SAYING, &C.— As I have been long of opinion, says Dr. Delaney, that the Greeks borrowed most, if not all their mythology, from the Sacred History; so I think the fable of B...
_Uriah Killed in Battle._ 2 Samuel 11:12-21 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 13 And when Da...
_AND HE WROTE IN THE LETTER, SAYING, SET YE URIAH IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE HOTTEST BATTLE, AND RETIRE YE FROM HIM, THAT HE MAY BE SMITTEN, AND DIE._ Set ye Uriah in the fore front of the hottest battl...
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA This narrative is of the greatest value. It shows the faithfulness and the high morality of the historian, who relates, without a single attempt at palliation, this scandalous chap...
The only resource left was murder....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 11 DAVID AND BATHSHEBA V1 The next spring came. Kings usually went to fight wars during springtime. David sent Joab out with David...
RETIRE YE FROM HIM. — This part of David’s orders was not carried out. Perhaps Joab thought it would make the stratagem too evident, or perhaps it was impracticable. At all events, the consequence was...
וַ יִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּ † סֵּ֖פֶר לֵ אמֹ֑ר...
CHAPTER XIV. _ DAVID AND URIAH._ 2 Samuel 11:1. HOW ardently would most, if not all readers, of the life of David have wished that it had ended before this chapter! Its golden era has passed away, a...
ADDING BLOOD-GUILTINESS TO ADULTERY 2 Samuel 11:14 Joab must have smiled grimly to himself when he received his master's letter. “This king of ours can sing psalms with the best, but I have to do his...
In the whole of the Old Testament literature there is no chapter more tragic or full of solemn and searching warning than this. Carefully pondering it, we notice the downward steps logically following...
And he wrote in the letter, saying, (h) Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. (h) Except God continually uphold us with his mig...
(14) В¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (15) And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest b...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...
AND HE WROTE IN THE LETTER, SAYING,.... Giving the following orders to Joab: SET YE URIAH IS THE FOREFRONT OF THE HOTTEST BATTLE: over against that part of the city where the enemy was strongest, and...
_And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die._ Ver. 15. _Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hott...
_Retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die_ Thus swift is the progress of vice! thus does it lead from bad to worse! thus does it corrupt man's whole nature, and bring him to such degeneracy...
1 While Ioab besieged Rabbah, Dauid committeth adulterie with Bath-sheba. 6 Vriah sent for by Dauid to couer the adulterie, would not goe home neither sober nor drunken. 14 Hee carieth to Ioab the l...
And he wrote in the letter, saying, set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, opposite the place where the most bitter attack might be expected, AND RETIRE YE FROM HIM, falling away from be...
David's Murder of Uriah...
The account with Ammon had by no means been settled, and in the Spring David sent Joab and the armies of Israel to battle the Ammonites and to besiege their capital city, of Rabbah. We are told specif...
HOTTEST: _ Heb._ strong FROM HIM: _ Heb._ from after him...
14-27 Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ev...
So far is David from repenting upon these just and great occasions, that he seeks to cover one sin with another; and to hide his adultery with murder, even the murder of a most excellent person, and t...
2 Samuel 11:15 wrote H3789 (H8799) letter H5612 saying H559 (H8800) Set H3051 (H8798) Uriah H223 forefront...
CONTENTS: David's great sin. CHARACTERS: David, Uriah, Bathsheba, Joab. CONCLUSION: A Christian with natural tendencies to sensuality may have cravings even when the general bent of his mind is to li...
2 Samuel 11:1. _When kings go forth to war._ After the latter rain, early in May, when the campaign could open, and when the main of their harvest was saved. _Rabbah_ was the capital of the Ammonites,...
_And it came to pass in an eventide._ THE FALL AND PUNISHMENT OF DAVID ILLUSTRATED I. The circumstances of David previous to His fall. For several years he had been in a state of great trouble: But i...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 11:1 The story of the Ammonite war continues up through 2 Samuel 11:1 and concludes in...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 11:14 URIAH unknowingly takes with him the LETTER that orders him killed. David is so overwhelmed by the need to cover up his wrongdoings that he will take the life of his fa...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 11:1. “AFTER THE YEAR,” etc., rather, _at the return of the year, i.e._, in the spring when kings were accustomed to begin military operations. “HIS SERVANTS,”...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 11:1 AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED; Hebrew and Revised Version, _at the return of the year; _that is, as Josephus paraphrases it, "the next spring." It seems quite certain that the w...
Now in chapter eleven. It came to pass, after these things that Joab, and the army in the springtime when it was a good time to go out and fight, after the winter rains were over, Joab with the forces...
1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:25; 2 Samuel 11:17;...
He arose — So far is David from repenting, that he seeks to cover one sin with another. How are the beginnings of sin to be dreaded! For who knows where it will end? David hath sinned, therefore Uriah...