Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Samuel 11:8
Go down — Not doubting but he would there converse with his wife, and so cover their sin and shame.
Go down — Not doubting but he would there converse with his wife, and so cover their sin and shame.
Verse 2 Samuel 11:8. _GO DOWN TO THY HOUSE, AND WASH THY FEET._] Uriah had come off a journey, and needed this refreshment; but David's design was that he should go and lie with his wife, that the chi...
A MESS OF MEAT - Compare Genesis 43:34. The word denotes the honorable portion given by the host to his chief guest....
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 *);...
_wash thy feet_ An indispensable refreshment after a journey in the East, where sandals only were worn. Cp. Genesis 18:4; Genesis 43:24; Luke 7:44. _a mess_of meat _from the king_ A portion from the k...
Uriah summoned to Jerusalem 7. _David demanded_, &c. David sent for Uriah ostensibly to bring him word about the progress of the war. Uriah, as one of the "mighty men," no doubt held some command in...
_David's Attempt to Cover His Sin._ 2 Samuel 11:6-11 6 And David sent to Joab, _saying,_ Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded _...
_AND DAVID SAID TO URIAH, GO DOWN TO THY HOUSE, AND WASH THY FEET. AND URIAH DEPARTED OUT OF THE KING'S HOUSE, AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM A MESS OF MEAT FROM THE KING._ Go down to thy house. This sudden...
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...
A MESS _of meat_ FROM THE KING] This was regarded as a special mark of distinction. Cp. Genesis 43:34; 1 Samuel 9:23....
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...
A MESS OF MEAT. — Lit. _a present._ The same word is used in Genesis 43:34, and no doubt refers to some choice dish sent by the king to the guest whom he wished to honour....
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לְ א֣וּרִיָּ֗ה רֵ֥ד 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 David said to Uriah, (e) Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king. (e) David thought that if Uria...
_Feet. As they did not wear stockings, this practice was very common after a journey. David thus insinuated that Urias might take his rest, and go to his wife, that so he might suppose that the child...
(6) В¶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. (7) And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and ho...
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 DAVID SAID TO URIAH, GO DOWN TO THY HOUSE, AND WASH THY FEET,.... For his refreshment, and to prepare for bed, which was what he wanted to get him to: AND URIAH DEPARTED OUT OF THE KING'S HOUSE;...
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king. Ver. 8. _Go down to thy house and...
_David said, Go down to thy house_ Not doubting but he would there converse with his wife, and so hide their sin and shame. _There followed him a mess of meat from the king_ In token of David's peculi...
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 David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. It was, apparently, a gracious dismissal, with the suggestion that Uriah should take his rest and refreshment at home. The object was,...
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...
FOLLOWED HIM: _ Heb._ went out after him...
6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than dr...
GO DOWN TO THY HOUSE; not doubting but he would there converse with his wife, and so cover their sin and shame. WASH THY FEET; as travellers there used to do. There followed him a mess of meat; seemin...
2 Samuel 11:8 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Uriah H223 down H3381 (H8798) house H1004 wash H7364 ...
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 11:6 Instead of repenting and trying to settle the matter openly, David tries to cover up his adultery. ⇐...
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...
Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 43:34; Hebrews 4:13; Isaiah 29:15;