2 Samuel 11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:6

And David sent to Joab ,.... Who was with the army besieging Rabbah, which, according to Bunting F11 Travels, &c.; p. 146. , was sixty four miles from Jerusalem: saying , send me Uriah the Hittite ; the scheme David had contrived in his mind was to get Uriah home to his wife for a few days, that it might be thought the child she had conceived was his, whereby the sin of David, and her own, might be concealed: and Joab sent Uriah to David ; not knowing his business, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:7

And when Uriah was come unto him ,.... To David, to whom he came first, before he went to his own house, desirous of knowing what was the special business of the king with him: David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered ; he asked of the welfare of Joab the general, and of the common soldiers, and of the warriors, as the Targum, the mighty men that went along with Joab, 2 Samuel 10:7 . David seems to have been at a loss what to say to him.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:8

And David said to Uriah, go down to thy house, and wash thy feet ,.... For his refreshment, and to prepare for bed, which was what he wanted to get him to: and Uriah departed out of the king's house ; in order as it might seem to the king to go to his own: and there followed him a mess of meat from the king : no doubt a delicious dish, to eat with his wife before he went to bed, to excite him the more to desire the enjoyment of her this mess consisted, according to Abarbinel, of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:9

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 conversation with these as is highly probable, to whom he was well known, and who might inquire of one and another of their friends in the army; and he being weary, laid himself down among there, and slept: and went not down to his house ; whether the trifling questions David asked him, or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:10

And when they had told David ,.... The next morning, either those that went with the mess of meat, or the guards with whom he slept all night: saying, Uriah went not down to his house ; as the king had ordered him; which those persons being acquainted with, informed him of it, as an act of disobedience to him: David said unto Uriah ; having sent for him upon the above information: camest thou not from thy journey ? and which was a long one of sixty four miles, as before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:11

And Uriah said unto David ,.... As an apology for this conduct: the ark, and Israel and Judah, abide in tents ; meaning not the people of Israel and Judah in the land of Canaan; for they did not now dwell in tents, though indeed the ark of the Lord did, 2 Samuel 7:2 , which some think is here referred to; but the armies of Israel and Judah besieging Rabbah, with whom it seems the ark was, which sometimes was carried with them when they went out to war, 1 Samuel 4:4 , though Abarbinel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:12

And David said to Uriah, tarry here today also ,.... In his court, when he found he could not persuade him to go to his own house: and tomorrow I will let thee depart : after he had tried one method more with him: so Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow ; not in his own house, but the king's palace. read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:14

And it came to pass in the morning ,.... When David was informed that Uriah did not go to his own house, but slept with his servants, Satan put it into his head and heart to take the following wicked and cruel method: that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah ; to have him cut off by the sword of the enemy. If Uriah suspected David's criminal conversation with his wife, he was so true and trusted a servant to him, that he would not open his letter to Joab,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:15

And he wrote in the letter, saying ,.... Giving the following orders to Joab: set ye Uriah is the forefront of the hottest battle : over against that part of the city where the enemy was strongest, and the battle the fiercest, and the stones and arrows were cast the thickest: and retire ye from him ; leave him to himself to combat the enemy alone; who seeing him deserted, would sally out upon him, and the few that might be with him, and slay him: that he may be smitten, and die ;... read more

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