Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Samuel 11:9
The servants — With the king's guard. This he did, by the secret direction of God's wise providence, who would bring David's sin to light.
The servants — With the king's guard. This he did, by the secret direction of God's wise providence, who would bring David's sin to light.
Verse 2 Samuel 11:9. _SLEPT AT THE DOOR_] That is, in one of the apartments or niches in the court of the king's house. But in Bengal servants and others generally sleep on the verandahs or porches in...
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 *);...
DOOR. entrance....
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...
_Uriah slept at the door of the king's house_ Probably in the guard chamber in the outer court. Cp. 1 Kings 14:27-28....
_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 _...
_BUT URIAH SLEPT AT THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE WITH ALL THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD, AND WENT NOT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE._ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house. It is customary for servants, esp...
It would seem that Uriah's suspicions had been aroused....
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...
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...
AT THE DOOR OF THE KING’S HOUSE. — Probably in the guard chamber at the entrance of the palace. (Comp. 1 Kings 14:27.) It is quite unnecessary to suppose that Uriah had any suspicion of what had been...
וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב אוּרִיָּ֗ה פֶּ֚תַח בֵּ֣ית הַ מ
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...
_House, in the court, for the guards. See Atheneus v. 2., &c._...
(9) But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. Whether Uriah had any apprehensions about him, concerning his wife's fidelity; o...
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...
BUT URIAH SLEPT AT THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE, WITH ALL THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD,.... The bodyguards, which were placed there to watch the palace in the night season; Uriah first fell into a convers...
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. Ver. 9. _But Uriah slept at the door, &c._] This was much; but it is like he smelt s...
_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...
David's Adultery...
But Uriah, whether his suspicions had been aroused or not, SLEPT AT THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE WITH ALL THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD, in the guard-room with the royal court officials, AND WENT NOT DOWN...
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...
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...
WITH ALL THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD; with the king's guard. This he did, either upon some suspicion of the matter; see 2 SAMUEL 11:7 or by the secret direction of God's wise and irresistible providence,...
2 Samuel 11:9 Uriah H223 slept H7901 (H8799) door H6607 kings H4428 house H1004 servants H5650 lord H113 down...
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. ⇐...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 11:9 Sexual intercourse was a source of ritual impurity (Leviticus 15:18), and so it was avoided during a military campaign, as is mentioned 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...
Job 5:12; Proverbs 21:30...