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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 11:26-27

2 Samuel 11:26-27. She mourned for her husband, &c.— This mourning is generally supposed to have been the keeping of a fast for seven days successively; eating nothing each day till the sun was set. It cannot be denied, that there was a manifest indecency in David's taking Bath-sheba to be his wife so soon after her husband's death; and some think her compliance a proof of her indifference and disregard for her husband. Alas! they were anxious to hide the infamy of their commerce; and to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

David and BathshebaThis 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 chapter in the great king’s history. Further, the position of the prophet, even in these early days, as the ’conscience’ of the individual or the nation, is clearly described. What Nathan is to David, Elijah (with equal courage) is to Ahab. In other nations, even in much later times, such an act if... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 11:26

(26) Mourned for her husband.—How long this mourning lasted we are not told. The usual period was seven days (Genesis 1:10; 1 Samuel 31:13), and although that of a widow may well have been somewhat longer, it was doubtless, under the circumstances, made as short as was consistent with decency. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

CHAPTER XIV.DAVID AND URIAH.2 Samuel 11:1-27.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, and what remains is little else than a chequered tale of crime and punishment. On former occasions, under the influence of strong and long-continued temptations, we have seen his faith give way and a spirit of dissimulation appear; but these were like spots on the sun, not greatly obscuring his general... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

III. DAVID’S SIN, CHASTISEMENT AND RESTORATION 1. David’s Great Sin CHAPTER 11 1. David’s great sin (2 Samuel 11:1-5 ) 2. David sends for Uriah (2 Samuel 11:6-13 ) 3. The murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:14-25 ) 4. David makes Bath-sheba his wife (2 Samuel 11:26-27 ) We see the king once more in his house. He sent Joab, his servants and all Israel to battle again against Ammon. Was it not his business as king to go forth with Israel as he had done before? Instead he remains in ease and... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

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 specifically that this was the time when kings go out to battle, but David remained at home. lt is possible his servants advised this so that their king would not be exposed to danger (ch.18:3), but David's energy of faith had waned so that he was exposed to greater danger by remaining at home. Evident... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

DAVID ’S GREAT SIN GOD’S ESTIMATE OF DAVID’S SIN (2 Samuel 12:1-14 ) Why the incident in this lesson should be designated “David’s great sin,” when he committed so many which the popular mind might consider more serious, can only be answered by the divine estimate of it. Jehovah regarded nothing David had done as comparable in its iniquity with this. Nathan’s address to David shows this, the chastisement that followed David through the rest of his life shows it, and David’s own feelings... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

2 Samuel 11:0 1. And it came to pass, after the year was expired [at the return of the year], 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 [devastated the land and cut off stragglers], and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 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... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:26

(26) And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. What are we to think of this woman! The Holy Ghost hath not remarked anywhere on her conduct. Was she so artfully seduced by David at the first, that she fell into his snares unconsciously? She sent unto him indeed, when the effects of their unlawful commerce began to manifest itself to her feelings; as much as to say, she looked to him for protection. For by the law she was liable to be stoned,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:26

For him. We may apply to her tears those words of Lucan: -----Lachrymas non sponte cadentes Effudit, gemitusque expressit pectore l'e6to. "None affected more sorrow for the death of Germanicus, than those who rejoiced the most at that event." (Tacitus, An. ii.) --- The mourning for the dead usually lasted seven days; (Ecclesiasticus xxii. 13.) and after that period, David seems to have married Bethsabee. (Abulensis, q. 21.) read more