The ark - Perhaps there was a double purpose in taking the ark; one, to excite to the utmost the enthusiasm of the people for its defense and against the Ammonites; the other, to have the means at hand of inquiring of the Lord, which David had found so serviceable.
Verse 2 Samuel 11:11. _THE ARK, AND ISRAEL - ABIDE IN TENTS_] It appears therefore that they had taken the ark with them to battle. This was the answer of a brave, generous and disinterested man. I...
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 *);...
THY SOUL. thou (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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...
_The ark_ These wars were "the wars of Jehovah" (see note on ch. 2 Samuel 10:12), and the Ark had been taken along with the army as the symbol of His presence and favour. Cp. Joshua 6:6; 1 Samuel 4:3;...
AND URIAH SAID UNTO DAVID, THE ARK, AND ISRAEL, &C.— Nothing can be more elegant and heroic than this answer of Uriah. After all that the critics have said upon the subject, it seems to be very plain...
_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 URIAH SAID UNTO DAVID, THE ARK, AND ISRAEL, AND JUDAH, ABIDE IN TENTS; AND MY LORD JOAB, AND THE SERVANTS OF MY LORD, ARE ENCAMPED IN THE OPEN FIELDS; SHALL I THEN GO INTO MINE HOUSE, TO EAT AND...
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 ARK] This accidental mention of the ark suggests that it was no unusual occurrence for it to be taken to the field of battle....
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...
THE ARK, AND ISRAEL, AND JUDAH. — notwithstanding the experience of the capture of the Ark by the Philistines in the days of Eli (1 Samuel 4:11), it seems to have been still customary to carry it out...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אוּרִיָּ֜ה אֶל ־דָּוִ֗ד הָ֠ אָרֹו
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 Uriah said unto David, (f) The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat a...
Ark. Most people suppose that the ark and the priests were before Rabba, as they seem to have been present in all expeditions of consequence. (Menochius) (Calmet) --- but, at any rate, the ark was cov...
(10) And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? (11) And Uriah...
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 URIAH SAID UNTO DAVID,.... As an apology for this conduct: THE ARK, AND ISRAEL AND JUDAH, ABIDE IN TENTS; meaning not the people of Israel and Judah in the land of Canaan; for they did not now dw...
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and t...
_The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents_ It appears by this that the custom which we read of, 1 Samuel 4:4, of carrying the ark with them into the field, was still continued. It was done, no d...
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 Uriah said unto David, the ark and Israel and Judah abide in tents, in camp before Rabbah; AND MY LORD JOAB AND THE SERVANTS OF MY LORD ARE ENCAMPED IN THE OPEN FIELDS, without the comforts of hom...
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...
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...
THE ARK, it seems, was now carried with them for their encouragement and direction, as was usual: see NUMBERS 10:35 1 SAMUEL 4:4. IN THE OPEN FIELDS, to wit, in tents which are in the fields. AND TO L...
2 Samuel 11:11 Uriah H223 said H559 (H8799) David H1732 ark H727 Israel H3478 Judah H3063 dwelling H3427 ...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 17:55;...
The ark — This it seems, was now carried with them for their encouragement and direction, as was usual. Fields — In tents which are in the fields. His meaning is, now, when God's people are in a doubt...