Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:5
And the woman conceived - A proof of the observation on 2 Samuel 11:4 ; as that is the time in which women are most apt to conceive. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:8
Go down to thy house , and wash thy feet - Uriah had come off a journey, and needed this refreshment; but David's design was that he should go and lie with his wife, that the child now conceived should pass for his, the honor of Bath-sheba be screened, and his own crime concealed. At this time he had no design of the murder of Uriah, nor of taking Bath-sheba to wife. A mess of meat from the king - All this was artfully contrived. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 face of their master's house. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:10
Camest thou not from thy journey ? - It is not thy duty to keep watch or guard; thou art come from a journey, and needest rest and refreshment. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 11:11
The ark , and Israel - abide in tents - It appears therefore that they had taken the ark with them to battle. This was the answer of a brave, generous and disinterested man. I will not indulge myself while all my fellow soldiers are exposed to hardships, and even the ark of the Lord in danger. Had Uriah no suspicion of what had been done in his absence? read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:1-5
( THE KING 'S PALACE .) David's fall into sin. "But David tarried still at Jerusalem" ( 2 Samuel 11:1 ; 1 Chronicles 20:1 ). 1 . He was about fifty years of age; had been reigning in Jerusalem upwards of twelve years; dwelt in a stately palace on Mount Zion; and possessed numerous sons and daughters, a splendid court and a powerful army. He had been "preserved whithersoever he went," subdued his enemies, and returned in triumph. His natural gifts and fervent piety ( Psalms... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:1-17
The facts are: 1 . During the prosecution of the war against Ammon in the spring, David remains in Jerusalem. 2 . Walking one evening on his house top, he sees a woman washing herself, and observes her beauty. 3 . Curiosity being awakened, he sends to inquire after her, and learns that she is the wife of Uriah. 4 . Sending a royal message to her, she, as a loyal subject, waits upon him, whereupon he commits adultery. 5 . Discovering in the course of a little time that the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:5
The woman … told David. Her crime was one that made her liable to the penalty of death (Le 2 Samuel 20:10 ), and Uriah was a man likely to exact it; consequently she was in great alarm, and the king shared her anxiety. Already was the punishment beginning to be required from both the guilty sharers in the wickedness. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:13
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 make him forget his oath and vow, and that being inflamed with wine, desires might be excited in him to go home and lie with his wife; but even this scheme did not succeed: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord : in the guard room, where he had... read more