2 Samuel 11:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. ”

2 Samuel 11:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The men of the city went out - i. e. they made a sally and attacked the troops which were blockading the city on that side, chiefly to entice them to pursue them, and so come within shot of the a...
2 Samuel 11:17 - 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 11:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men . Hebrew. 'enosh.App-14.
2 Samuel 11:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Uriah the Hittite died also - He was led to the...
2 Samuel 11:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Here is another dreadful aggravation beside...
2 Samuel 11:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of the city went out ,.... Made a sally out, as Joab expected they would, when they appeared before them at that part of the city where valiant men were: and fought with Joab ; at leas...
2 Samuel 11:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. Ver. 17. And Uriah the Hittite died also. ]...
2 Samuel 11:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where he knew that valiant men were He ordered him, with others, to attack a part of the city which he knew would be valiantly defended; or out of which he knew the best men they had in the city wo...
2 Samuel 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Samuel 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Murder of Uriah
2 Samuel 11:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:9 ; Psalms 51:14

2 Samuel 11:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 11:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 11:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 11:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 11:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 11:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge