Bible Commentary

And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. 27. fet her ] See note on ch. 2Sa 9:5. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:27”

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 26, 27. Bath-sheba becomes David’s wife 26. she mourned for her husband ] Seven days was the usual period of mourning. See Gen 50:10 ; 1Sa 31:13; Jdt 16:24 ; Sir 22:12 . In exceptional cases thirty … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:26”

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 25. the sword devoureth ] Cp. the phrase “the mouth (E. V. edge) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:25”

And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and [some] of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. And the shooters shot from off of the wall upon thy servants,…. Arrows out of their bows, or stones out of their engines; the Israelites following them … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:24”

And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 23. we were upon them ] Or, against them: we repulsed the sally, and pursued them to the gate of the city. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:23”

So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. 22. The Sept. reads this verse as follows: “And Joab’s messenger went to the king to Jerusalem. And he came and told David all that Joab had told him, even all the things concerning the war. And David was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:22”

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 21. Who smote Abimelech ] See Jdg 9:50-54. This reference is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:21”

And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 20. if so be that the king’s wrath arise ] Joab assumes that David would find fault with him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:20”

And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 18 25. News of Uriah’s Death carried to David 19. the matters of the war ] The same Heb. phrase as that translated in 2Sa 11:18 “the things concerning the war.” Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:19”

Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; Then Joab sent,…. Messengers to David, as soon as Uriah was killed: and told David all the things concerning the war; how the siege had been carried on; what success they had had, good or ill; what their advantages and disadvantages; what men … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 11:18”