2 Samuel 11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:23

The men prevailed against us. The real meaning is "the men made a sortie against us in force, and came even to the open field; but we were upon them (and drove them back) unto the entry of the gate, and the archers from off the wall shot at thy servants," etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:25

Let not this thing displease thee. David professes to be satisfied with Joab's apology, and bids him, if the war is in the main going on prosperously, not to be too much distressed at a temporary reverse. As for Uriah's death, of course it is to be regretted, but such is the fortune of war, and the sword devours now one and now another. The last words, encourage thou him, have provoked comment, as though the messenger was to aid and abet Joab. They simply mean "Give him a message of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:26

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. There is something pathetic in this repetition of the name of the murdered man, and his close relationship with Bathsheba is dwelt upon by his being twice called "her husband," and she "Uriah's wife." Having been the cause of his murder, she is careful to make for him the customary mourning. How long it lasted is uncertain. The mourning for Aaron ( Numbers 20:29 ) and that for Moses ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

She … bare him a son. This would be the child whose death is recorded in the next chapter. Afterwards she bare David four sons ( 1 Chronicles 3:5 ), of whom one was Solomon, and another Nathan, the ancestor of our Lord. The thing … displeased the Lord. It was probably during the time of David's victories that success began to work in him its usual results. Too commonly men who have conquered kingdoms have been vanquished by their own strong passions; and David had always evinced a keen... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

( JERUSALEM .) God's displeasure at sin. "And the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah" ( 1 Chronicles 21:7 ). This is the only remark which the sacred historian makes on the conduct of David. It reveals its true nature as with a sunbeam; "contains the moral decision from a theocratic point of view, and is, as it were, a superscription of the following history of the Divine judgments on David and his house on account of this sin" (Erdmann). The Divine displeasure... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

David's fall. "But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord." One guarantee, even to the most unlettered, of the truthfulness of sacred history is the impartiality of its accounts of its greatest heroes, whose sins and follies are faithfully recorded as well as their virtues. Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, are cases in point. David is another instance, whose fearful sins are recorded in this most distressing chapter, ending with the significant words of our text, "But the thing that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 11:1

After the year was expired - The next spring after the escape of the Ammonites into their city 2 Samuel 10:14.The children of Ammon - The marginal reference supplies the word “the land of,” which is obviously the right reading.David tarried at Jerusalem - The Syrians being subdued, the war with Ammon was not of sufficient moment to require David’s personal presence. The whole section relating to David’s adultery and Uriah’s death, from this verse to 2 Samuel 12:26, is omitted in the Book of... read more

Albert Barnes

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 11:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 11:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 11:7

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