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Verse 2 Samuel 11:2. _IN AN EVENING-TIDE - DAVID AROSE_] He had been
reposing on the roof of his house, to enjoy the breeze, as the noonday
was too hot for the performance of business. This is still a...
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AN EVENINGTIDE - The evening began at three o’clock in the
afternoon....
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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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WASHING. bathing. Probably in the court below....
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_arose from off his bed_ In the cool of the afternoon, after his
midday siesta. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 4:5.
_walked upon the roof_ The flat roofs of Oriental houses "afford a
most delightful promenade.… Dur...
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David's adultery with Bath-sheba
It is one object of Holy Scripture to paint sin in its true colours.
No friendly flattery, no false modesty, draws a veil over this dark
scene in David's life. It is...
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DAVID—WALKED UPON THE ROOF OF THE KING'S HOUSE— See Deuteronomy
22:8 and 1 Samuel 9:25....
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2. David's Sin With Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 11:1-27.
_David's Sin With Bathsheba._ 2 Samuel 11:1-5
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when
kings go forth _to battle,_ that David...
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_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 BEAUTI...
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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 AROSE FROM OFF HIS BED] He had been resting during the heat of
the day.
6F. The subterfuges to which the sinner is compelled to stoop are
described in pitiless detail....
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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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IN AN EVENINGTIDE. — Late in the afternoon, when David had taken the
_siesta_ customary in Oriental countries, he rose from his couch and
walked on the roof of his palace, which in the cool of the day...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ לְ עֵ֣ת הָ עֶ֗רֶב וַ...
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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 it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his
(b) 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
b...
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Noon. He had been reposing, according to custom, chap. iv. 7. (Calmet)
--- But the devil was not idle. He was meditating a temptation and
crime, which involved a great part of the remainder of David's...
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(2) 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 bea...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS IN AN EVENINGTIDE,.... Some time in the afternoon,
when the sun began to decline; not in the dusk of the evening, for
then the object he saw could not have been seen so distinctly...
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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 beaut...
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_David arose from off his bed_ Where he had lain down to sleep in the
heat of the day, as the manner was in those countries; and where he
had probably slept for some time. The bed of sloth often prove...
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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 it came to pass in an evening tide that David arose from off his
bed, after the noonday siesta, when the cool of the evening invited
people outside, AND WALKED UPON THE ROOF OF THE KING'S HOUSE, w...
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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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1-5 Observe the occasions of David's sin; what led to it. 1. Neglect
of his business. He tarried at Jerusalem. When we are out of the way
of our duty, we are in temptation. 2. Love of ease: idleness...
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FROM OFF HIS BED; where he had lain and slept for some time; being
possibly disposed to sleep after dinner, by reason of some excess
committed in eating or drinking; and indulging himself in his lazy...
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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 11:2 Archaeological discoveries suggest
that THE ROOF OF THE KING’S HOUSE may have overlooked the entire
city (see illustration). BATHING. See note on v....
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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 John 2:16; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:7;...
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Arose from off his bed — Where he had lain, and slept for some time.
And the bed of sloth often proves the bed of lust. Washing herself —
In a bath, which was in her garden. Probably from some ceremon...