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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:18

2Sa 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; Ver. 18. And told David all the things. ] But all was to bring in that one thing which he knew would be most pleasing to David’s palate, the death of Uriah. Such a dead and dedolent disposition had seized upon David’s heart, such a hoof had overgrown it, that he could hardly ever recover his ancient tenderness to his dying day. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:19

2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, Ver. 19. Of telling the matters of the war unto the king. ] Who would be inquisitive after the full truth of things, which yet kings seldom are so happy as to hear, as Alphonsus complained; and Augustus therefore took the death of Varus very grievously, because now there was not one about him that would tell him the naked truth of things. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:20

2Sa 11:20 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? Ver. 20. And if so be that the king’s wrath arise.] As that is the best reward oft times that is given to generals and other officers, though never so well deserving, unless they prove prosperous, that they are discountenanced and discarded; as were Bellisarius, Trajan general to Valens, Hunuiades otherwhiles,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:21

2Sa 11:21 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. Ver. 21. Who smote Abimelech. ] See Judges 9:53 . See Trapp on " Jdg 9:53 " A commander-in-chief had need be a good historian, ne fiat historia. Tamerlane read much at spare times, in a certain book, wherein was contained the lives of his ancestors and other... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:22

2Sa 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. Ver. 22. And showed David all. ] Playing his part notably to flatter, and make all fair weather, as they say. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:23

2Sa 11:23 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. Ver. 23. Surely the men prevailed. ] Sallied out upon us, and slew some of us, but we beat them in again, albeit not without loss. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:24

2Sa 11:24 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. Ver. 24. And thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. ] This the messenger maketh haste to tell, as that which would salve all; not staying till David should object as Josh had before conceived he would, and had accordingly devised a form of answer. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:25

2Sa 11:25 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. Ver. 25. Let not this thing displease thee. ] Thus he smootheth up Joab, slights the slaughter of so many gallant men, and deeply dissembleth with the messenger, to the intent that neither his cruel command, nor Joab’s fawning obedience, may be... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:26

2Sa 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. Ver. 26. She mourned for her husband. ] Fictis lachrymis; there is little doubt to be made but that she was inwardly glad, considering her danger of being punished for an adulteress, and her hopes of being now made a queen: but if her great sin had come before her - as afterwards doubtless it did - she had cause enough to mourn with "the voice of a dove, tabering upon her breast," as... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:27

2Sa 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. Ver. 27. And when the mourning was past. ] And long it lasted not; seven days Josephus saith was the ordinary time, but here more haste might be made. Theodoret saith there was little time given to mourning. And she became his wife. ] He marrieth her when with child, and as soon as he could with any honesty, as... read more

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