And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. AU MOMENT OÙ LES ROIS PARTENT AU COMBA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. DANS UNE MARÉE DU SOIR, CE DAVID SE LEVA DE SON LIT. Les Hébreux, comme les autr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? ON A DIT - littéralement, se dit-il. N'EST-CE PAS BATH-SHEBA ... , [ Bat-Sheba` (H1339), fille du serment ; ou Bath-shua (1 Chroniques 3:5); Septante, Beersab... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. DAVID A ENVOYÉ DES MESSAGERS ET L'A EMMENÉE. Les rois despotiques d'Orient, lorsqu'ils ont envie d'une femme, envoient un officier da... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. LA FEMME CONÇUT, ENVOYA ET INFORMA DAVID. Certaines mesures immédiates de dissimulation de leur péché étaient nécessaires, aussi bien pour l'honneur du roi que pour sa sécurité, car la mort était la punition d'une femme... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND DAVID SENT TO JOAB, SAYING, SEND ME URIAH THE HITTITE. AND JOAB SENT URIAH TO DAVID._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. DESCENDEZ DANS VOTRE MAISON. Ce rappel soudain, la manière du roi, ses questions frivoles (2 Samuel 11:7), et son urgence pour Urie d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. MAIS URIE DORMAIT À LA PORTE DE LA MAISON DU ROI. Il est de coutume que les serviteurs, en particulier les porteurs ou les portiers, dorment dans le parchemin ou la longue galerie d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO URIAH, TARRY HERE TO DAY ALSO, AND TO MORROW I WILL LET THEE DEPART. SO URIAH ABODE IN JERUSALEM THAT DAY, AND THE MORROW._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. DAVID A ÉCRIT UNE LETTRE À JOAB ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. METTEZ YE URIE AU PREMIER PLAN DE LA BATAILLE LA PLUS CHAUDE. Les divers arts et stratagèmes par lesquels le roi a essayé de cajoler Urie, jusqu'à ce... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; PUIS JOAB A ENVOYÉ ET DIT À DAVID ... Le rapport n'a pas besoin de commentaire. Il suffit de dire qu'il était digne du quartier d'où il venait; et en possédant un secret aussi terrible que le meurtre prémédité d'Urie, le rusé Joab... [ Continuer la lecture ]