John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth ?.... The same with Jerubbaal, who was Gideon, Judges 6:32 ; Baal, one part of his name, was the name of an idol, and sometimes called Bosheth or Besheth, which signifies shame, being a shameful idol; Gideon had a son called Abimelech, who was smitten, and it is here asked, by whom? did not a woman cast a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez ? which should have been a warning not to go too near the wall of an enemy; the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:14-27
When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge, the devil put it into David's heart to take him off, and then neither he nor Bath-sheba would be in any danger (what prosecution could there be when there was no prosecutor?), suggesting further that, when Uriah was out of the way, Bath-sheba might, if he pleased, be his own for ever. Adulteries... read more