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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...
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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 han...
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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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THY SOUL. thou (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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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...
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_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;...
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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...
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_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 _...
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_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...
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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 ARK] This accidental mention of the ark suggests that it was no
unusual occurrence for it to be taken to the field of battle....
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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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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...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אוּרִיָּ֜ה אֶל ־דָּוִ֗ד
הָ֠ אָרֹו
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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(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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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David's Adultery...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 11:6 Instead of repenting and trying to
settle the matter openly, David tries to cover up his adultery.
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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 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 17:55;...
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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...