2 Samuel 11:1-5

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 11:1-27

2 Samuel 11:1 . When kings go forth to war. After the latter rain, early in May, when the campaign could open, and when the main of their harvest was saved. Rabbah was the capital of the Ammonites, very populous, and situated on the Jabbok. The city built on its ruins is the Philadelphia mentioned by St. John. Revelation 3:7. 2 Samuel 11:2 . An evening tide. Eglon, and Ishbosheth, reposed during the heat of noon. The rich still indulge in this custom, in all the warmer climates. 2... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 11:1

2 Samuel 11:1The year was expired.The end of the old year: a help to begin the new oneI. The end of the year presents a fit opportunity to enquire how we regard the Divine government. God governs the world according to natural and moral laws, through the medium of the Gospel, and by the arrangements of His providence. Let us try ourselves in relation to each.1. Natural law, as seen in the works of His hands. That is not religion, but fanaticism, which pours contempt on these works. Every man... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 11:2-24

2 Samuel 11:2-24And it came to pass in an eventide. The fall and punishment of David illustratedI. The circumstances of David previous to His fall. For several years he had been in a state of great trouble: But it was not in this state of trial and affliction that he offended. During this period we see him exercising, in a remarkable degree, the faith, the resignation, the humility, the patience, the meekness of the servant of God. But now God had brought his troubles to a close. For some years... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:1

2Sa 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. Ver. 1. After the year was expired. ] Heb., At the return of the year: Namque in se sua per vestigia volvitur annus. This year was David’s seventh climacterical, the forty-ninth of his age, as is generally held, and the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:2

2Sa 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon. Ver. 2. And it came to pass in an evening tide. ] When David should have been at his devotions, as his wont was. But now, belike, the devil had caused him to come from his trench, and then did presently wound him. While Joab is busy in laying siege to Rabbah, Satan is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:3

2Sa 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? Ver. 3. And David sent and inquired after the woman, ] viz., Who she was, and whether maid or wife. He should rather have checked himself for looking and lusting after a forbidden beauty - he should have taken an antidote of mortification, before the venom of lust had got to the vitals. But it is hard for him who hath fallen down the ladder of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:4

2Sa 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. Ver. 4. And David sent messengers, and took her. ] Unbridled lust, like the wild fig, will soon mount over the wall, and break out into unclean practices. It is a law of the members in a double sense, &c. It is, as Reuben, the eldest child of old Adam’s strength. It is the butter which the devil presenteth in so lordly... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:5

2Sa 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child. Ver. 5. And sent and told David. ] Chrysostom saith, She went to David, and said, O king, I am undone, I am with child, the fruit of my sin buddeth, I carry an accuser within me, my betrayer is in my womb, my husband will slay me, &c. Whereupon that father inferreth, Videte et admiramini fratres, See here and admire, my brethren, what a mischief there is in sweet sins, what a happiness in freedom from... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 11:1

am 2969, bc 1035, An, Ex, Is, 456 after the year: etc. Heb. at the return of the year. 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:26, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ecclesiastes 3:8 at the time: The sacred historian seems to intimate that there was one particular time of the year to which military operations were limited; and Josephus informs us that this took place in the beginning of spring. In another part of his works he says, that as soon as spring was begun, Adad levied and led forth his army against the Hebrews.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 11:2

arose from: 2 Samuel 4:5, 2 Samuel 4:7, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 24:33, Proverbs 24:34, Matthew 26:40, Matthew 26:41, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, 1 Peter 4:7 the roof of: Deuteronomy 22:8, Jeremiah 19:13, Matthew 10:27, Acts 10:9 he saw: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 34:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Matthew 5:28, 1 John 2:16 very beautiful: Genesis 39:6, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:30 Reciprocal: Genesis 12:11 - a fair Genesis 38:2 - saw Exodus 20:17 - wife Joshua 2:6 - to... read more

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