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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
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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 *);...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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The only resource left was murder....
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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...
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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...
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וַ יִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּ † סֵּ֖פֶר לֵ אמֹ֑ר...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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David's Murder of Uriah...
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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...
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HOTTEST:
_ Heb._ strong
FROM HIM:
_ Heb._ from after him...
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 11:15 wrote H3789 (H8799) letter H5612 saying H559 (H8800)
Set H3051 (H8798) Uriah H223 forefront...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 11:1 The story of the Ammonite war
continues up through 2 Samuel 11:1 and concludes in...
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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...
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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,”...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:25; 2 Samuel 11:17;...