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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...
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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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DOOR. entrance....
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_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....
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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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_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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_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...
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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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It would seem that Uriah's suspicions had been aroused....
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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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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...
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וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב אוּרִיָּ֗ה פֶּ֚תַח
בֵּ֣ית הַ מ
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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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_House, in the court, for the guards. See Atheneus v. 2., &c._...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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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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,...
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2 Samuel 11:9 Uriah H223 slept H7901 (H8799) door H6607 kings H4428
house H1004 servants H5650 lord H113 down...
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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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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...
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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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Job 5:12; Proverbs 21:30...
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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....