After — When that year ended, and the next begun, which was in the spring time. When kings — Which is, when the ground is fit for the march of soldiers, and brings forth provision for man and beast. Tarried at Jerusalem — Had he been now in his post, at the head of his forces be had been out of the way of temptation.
CHAPTER XI _David sends Joab against the Ammonites, who besieges the city_ _of Rabbah_, 1. _He sees Bath-sheba, the wife of Uriah, bathing; is enamoured of_ _her; sends for and takes her to his be...
AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED - The next spring after the escape of the Ammonites into their city 2 Samuel 10:14. THE CHILDREN OF AMMON - The marginal reference supplies the word “the land of,” which is...
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 *);...
AT THE TIME, &c.: i. e, the next spring. CHILDREN. sons. RABBAH. The capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11.Joshua 13:25; Joshua 13:25). BUT DAVID TARRIED. Note contrast with "kings" going
2 Samuel 11:1. The siege of Rabbah = 1 Chronicles 20:1 1. _after the year was expired_ Better, AT THE RETURN OF THE YEAR: that is when spring set in with the commencement of the year in the month Abi...
AT THE TIME WHEN KINGS GO FORTH TO BATTLE— The author of the _Observations_ remarks justly, that this passage seems to suppose, that there was one particular time of the year, in this country, to whic...
2. David's Sin With Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 11:1-27. _David's Sin With Bathsheba._ 2 Samuel 11:1-5 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth _to battle,_ that David...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED, AT THE TIME WHEN KINGS GO FORTH TO BATTLE, THAT DAVID SENT JOAB, AND HIS SERVANTS WITH HIM, AND ALL ISRAEL; AND THEY DESTROYED THE CHILDREN OF AMMON,...
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...
AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED] RV 'at the return of the year,' i.e. in the spring. WHEN KINGS GO FORTH _to battle_] In ancient times hostilities ceased during the winter and began again in the spring. DA...
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...
XI. (1) AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED. — Literally, as in margin, _at the return of the year._ This refers back to 2 Samuel 10:14. Joab had spent the winter or rainy season at Jerusalem; now he returns t...
וַ יְהִי֩ לִ תְשׁוּבַ֨ת הַ שָּׁנָ֜ה לְ
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...
GIVING REIN TO SELF-INDULGENCE 2 Samuel 11:1 This was not an isolated sin. For some time, backsliding had been eating out David's heart. The cankerworm takes its toll before the noble tree crashes to...
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 it came to pass, after the year was (a) expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Am...
Year. Hebrew, "at the end of the year," (Chaldean; Syriac) which may be explained either of the year after the preceding engagement, or at the end of the civil year, in the autumnal equinox, (Calmet)...
CONTENTS This Chapter, which is still the prosecution of David's history, exhibits him in so painful a light, that for the honour of human nature, to say nothing of the honour of a child of God, we fe...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED,.... Or at the end of the year, as the Targum, which concluded with the month Adar or February, the spring of the year: AT THE TIME WHEN KINGS GO...
_And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon...
_After the year was expired_ Hebrew, _at the return of the year:_ when that year ended, and the next began, which was in the spring-time. _When kings go forth to battle_ Which is, when the ground is f...
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 it came to pass, after the year was expired, literally, "at the return of the year," when spring set in, when the close of the rainy season made operations in the field possible, AT THE TIME WHEN...
David's Adultery...
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...
AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED: _ Heb._ at the return of the year...
1-5 Observe the occasions of David's sin; what led to it. 1. Neglect of his business. He tarried at Jerusalem. When we are out of the way of our duty, we are in temptation. 2. Love of ease: idleness...
2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 11 Whilst Joab besieged Rabbah David committeth adultery with Bath-sheba, 2 SAMUEL 11:1. And hearing that she was with child, he sendeth for Uriah her husband out of the camp, to cove...
2 Samuel 11:1 spring H8666 year H8141 time H6256 kings H4428 (H8675) H4397 out H3318 (H8800) David...
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,...
_The year was expired._ THE END OF THE OLD YEAR: A HELP TO BEGIN THE NEW ONE I. The end of the year presents a fit opportunity to enquire how we regard the Divine government. God governs the world a...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 11:1 The story of the Ammonite war continues up through 2 Samuel 11:1 and concludes in...
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 Chronicles 20:1; 1 Kings 20:22; 1 Kings 20:26; 2 Chronicles 36:10;...