The men of the city went out - i. e. they made a sally and attacked the troops which were blockading the city on that side, chiefly to entice them to pursue them, and so come within shot of the archers who lined the wall 2 Samuel 11:20, 2 Samuel 11:24.
There fell some of the people ... - They, too, as well as the brave and faithful Uriah, were victims of David’s cruel artifice.
Verse 2 Samuel 11:17. _URIAH THE HITITE DIED ALSO._] He was led to the attack of a place defended by valiant men; and in the heat of the assault, Joab and his men retired from this brave soldier, who...
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 *);...
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_went out_ Made a sally, in which, as the messenger describes (2 Samuel 11:23), the men of Israel imprudently pursued the enemy till they were within shot of the archers on the wall, and suffered cons...
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...
_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...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JOAB OBSERVED THE CITY, THAT HE ASSIGNED URIAH UNTO A PLACE WHERE HE KNEW THAT VALIANT MEN WERE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
וַ יֵּ֨צְא֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָ עִיר֙ וַ יִּלָּחֲמ
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...
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...
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...
_Also. Hence David prays with reason; Deliver me from blood ( sanguinibus) of many slain. He was answerable for all (Cajetan)_...
(17) And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Here is another dreadful aggravation beside t...
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 THE MEN OF THE CITY WENT OUT,.... Made a sally out, as Joab expected they would, when they appeared before them at that part of the city where valiant men were: AND FOUGHT WITH JOAB; at least wit...
_And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also._ Ver. 17. _And Uriah the Hittite died also._] U...
_Where he knew that valiant men were_ He ordered him, with others, to attack a part of the city which he knew would be valiantly defended; or out of which he knew the best men they had in the city wou...
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 the men of the city, accepting the challenge, WENT OUT AND FOUGHT WITH JOAB; AND THERE FELL SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SERVANTS OF DAVID; AND URIAH, THE HITTITE, DIED ALSO. Thus Joab carried out th...
David's Murder of Uriah...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 11:17 men H582 city H5892 out H3318 (H8799) fought H3898 (H8735) Joab H3097 people H5971 servants...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 12:9; Psalms 51:14...