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2 Samuel 11:4-15

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4 David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, 1he lay with her; 2and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "3I am pregnant."
6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 When Uriah came to him, 4David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.
8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and 5wash 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 6at 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, "7The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and 8the 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, "9Stay 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 10made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed 11with his lord's servants, but he did not go down to his house.
14 Now in the morning David 12wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 13He had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, 14so that he may be struck down and die."
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2 Samuel 11:4-15 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 14

  • 1. Ps 51: title; James 1:14, 15
  • 2. Leviticus 12:2-5; Leviticus 15:18-28; Leviticus 18:19
  • 3. Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
  • 4. Genesis 37:14; 1 Samuel 17:22
  • 5. Genesis 43:24; Luke 7:44
  • 6. 1 Kings 14:27, 28
  • 7. 2 Samuel 7:2, 6
  • 8. 2 Samuel 20:6
  • 9. Job 20:12-14
  • 10. Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:29-35
  • 11. 2 Samuel 11:9
  • 12. 1 Kings 21:8-10
  • 13. Ecclesiastes 8:11; Jeremiah 17:9
  • 14. 2 Samuel 12:9

Footnotes 6

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