2 Samuel 11:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottestd battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. ”

2 Samuel 11:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he wrote in the letter, saying, (h) Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. (h) Except God continually uphold us with his mi...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Sam 11. David, Bath-sheba, and Uriah (J). 2 Samuel 11:1-5 . In the spring, at the beginning of the season suitable for military operations, Joab and the army set out to besiege Rabbah ( Jeremi...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
2 Samuel 11:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he wrote in the letter, saying, &c.— As I have been long of opinion, says Dr. Delaney, that the Greeks borrowed most, if not all their mythology, from the Sacred History; so I think the fab...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. Set ye Uriah in the fore front of the hottest...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David and Bathsheba This narrative is of the greatest value. It shows the faithfulness and the high morality of the historian, who relates, without a single attempt at palliation, this scandalous...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Retire ye from him. — This part of David’s orders was not carried out. Perhaps Joab thought it would make the stratagem too evident, or perhaps it was impracticable. At all events, the consequence...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIV. DAVID AND URIAH. 2 Samuel 11:1-27 . HOW ardently would most, if not all readers, of the life of David have wished that it had ended before this chapter! Its golden era has passed...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Adding Blood-Guiltiness to Adultery 2 Samuel 11:14-27 Joab must have smiled grimly to himself when he received his master's letter. “This king of ours can sing psalms with the best, but I have...
2 Samuel 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the whole of the Old Testament literature there is no chapter more tragic or full of solemn and searching warning than this. Carefully pondering it, we notice the downward steps logically followi...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) В¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (15) And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest...
2 Samuel 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he wrote in the letter, saying ,.... Giving the following orders to Joab: set ye Uriah is the forefront of the hottest battle : over against that part of the city where the enemy was strongest...
2 Samuel 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. Ver. 15. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the ho...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die Thus swift is the progress of vice! thus does it lead from bad to worse! thus does it corrupt man's whole nature, and bring him to such degeneracy...
2 Samuel 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The account with Ammon had by no means been settled, and in the Spring David sent Joab and the armies of Israel to battle the Ammonites and to besiege their capital city, of Rabbah. We are told speci...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Causes Uriah to Be Slain; David Informed of Uriah's Death. B. C. 1037. 14 And it...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So far is David from repenting upon these just and great occasions, that he seeks to cover one sin with another; and to hide his adultery with murder, even the murder of a most excellent person, and...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 11:1 . “After the year,” etc., rather, at the return of the year, i.e. , in the spring when kings were accustomed to begin military operations. “His se...
2 Samuel 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Ammonit...
2 Samuel 11:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass in an eventide. The fall and punishment of David illustrated I. The circumstances of David previous to His fall. For several years he had been in a state of great trouble: B...
2 Samuel 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 11:1 After the year was expired; Hebrew and Revised Version, at the return of the year; that is, as Josephus paraphrases it, "the next spring." It seems quite certai...
2 Samuel 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Murder of Uriah
2 Samuel 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:17 ; 1 Samuel 18:21 ; 1 Samuel 18:25 ; 2 Samuel 11:17 ; 2 Samuel 12:9 ; Jeremiah 20:13 ; Psalms 51:14 ; Psalms 51:4
2 Samuel 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He arose — So far is David from repenting, that he seeks to cover one sin with another. How are the beginnings of sin to be dreaded! For who knows where it will end? David hath sinned, therefore Ur...

2 Samuel 11:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes