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2 Samuel 11:8-18

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8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and 1wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a present from the king was sent out after him.
9 But Uriah slept 2at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10 Now when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
11 Uriah said to David, "3The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and 4the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing."
12 Then David said to Uriah, "5Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he 6made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed 7with his lord's servants, but he did not go down to his house.
14 Now in the morning David 8wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 9He had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, 10so that he may be struck down and die."
16 So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where * he knew there were valiant men.
17 The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's servants fell; and 11Uriah the Hittite also died.
18 Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.
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2 Samuel 11:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 11

This chapter begins with the destruction of the Ammonites, and the siege of Rabbah their chief city, 2Sa 11:1; and enlarges on the sins of David in committing adultery with Bathsheba, 2Sa 11:2-5; in contriving to conceal his sin by sending for her husband home from the army, 2Sa 11:6-13; in laying a scheme for the death of him by the hand of the Ammonites, 2Sa 11:14-25; and in marrying Bathsheba when he was dead, 2Sa 11:26,27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Genesis 43:24; Luke 7:44
  • 2. 1 Kings 14:27, 28
  • 3. 2 Samuel 7:2, 6
  • 4. 2 Samuel 20:6
  • 5. Job 20:12-14
  • 6. Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:29-35
  • 7. 2 Samuel 11:9
  • 8. 1 Kings 21:8-10
  • 9. Ecclesiastes 8:11; Jeremiah 17:9
  • 10. 2 Samuel 12:9
  • 11. 2 Samuel 11:21

Footnotes 5

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