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Verse 2 Samuel 11:13. _HE MADE HIM DRUNK_] Supposing that in this
state he would have been off his guard, and hastened down to his
house....
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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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_and he made him drunk_ In the hope that he might forget his oath and
break his resolution not to go home. But this plan also failed. "The
Providence of God is here manifest, defeating David's base
co...
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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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_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...
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_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....
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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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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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HE MADE HIM DRUNK. — This fresh attempt of David to conceal his
crime by attempting to send Uriah to his house while in a state of
intoxication does not need comment, but Uriah’s resolve was so
strong...
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וַ יִּקְרָא ־לֹ֣ו דָוִ֗ד וַ יֹּ֧אכַל
לְ
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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 when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he
made him (g) drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
(g)...
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_Couch. It seems he was one of the guards. Josephus says he was Joab's
armour-bearer, (Antiquities vii. 7.) and one of David's heroes, chap.
xxiii. 39._...
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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 WHEN DAVID HAD CALLED HIM,.... Invited him to sup with him:
HE DID EAT AND DRINK BEFORE HIM; very freely and plentifully:
AND HE MADE HIM DRUNK: this was another sin of David's, done in order
to...
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And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he
made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Ver. 13...
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_Tarry here to-day_ He pretended still more kindness to him in giving
him time to rest himself after his journey; and perhaps pretended also
that he could not sooner finish the despatches which he int...
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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 when David had called him, invited him to partake of a meal at his
own table, HE DID EAT AND DRINK BEFORE HIM; AND HE, David, MADE HIM
DRUNK, hoping that in this condition he would surely pass the...
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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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WHEN DAVID HAD CALLED HIM, i.e. being invited by David. HE MADE HIM
DRUNK, or, _he made him merry_, as the word oft signifies. He caused
him to drink more than was convenient. HE WENT OUT TO LIE ON HI...
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2 Samuel 11:13 David H1732 called H7121 (H8799) ate H398 (H8799) drank
H8354 (H8799) before H6440 drunk
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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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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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2 Samuel 11:9; Exodus 32:21; Genesis 19:32; Habakkuk 2:15...