2 Samuel 11:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

for . and when. purified . Compare Leviticus 15:18 . It is possible to be more punctilious about the ceremonial Law than the moral Law.
2 Samuel 11:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. And she came in unto him - We hear...
2 Samuel 11:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And she returned unto her house— What the state of David's mind was, when the tumult of passion had subsided, Bath-sheba was departed, and reason had returned, I shall not take upon me to paint. Ca...
2 Samuel 11:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. David sent messengers, and...
2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sent messengers, and took her. — This does not imply the use of violence. Bath-sheba, however beautiful, appears from the narrative of 1 Kings 2:13-22 , to have been a woman of little discretion,...
2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Giving Rein to Self-Indulgence 2 Samuel 11:1-13 This was not an isolated sin. For some time, backsliding had been eating out David's heart. The cankerworm takes its toll before the noble tree c...
2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 be...
2 Samuel 11:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David sent messengers ,.... To invite her to his palace: and took her ; not by force, but through persuasion: and she came in unto him ; into the apartment where he was: and he lay with he...
2 Samuel 11:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 messenger...
2 Samuel 11:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David sent messengers and took her From her own house into his palace, not by force, but by persuasion. And he lay with her See how all the way to sin is down hill! When men begin they cannot soo...
2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Sin with Bath-sheba. B. C. 1037. 1 And it came to pass, after the year was expir...
2 Samuel 11:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

David sent and took her from her own house into his palace, not by force, but by persuasion, as desiring to speak with her. She came in unto him; into his palace and chamber, as he desired. For s...
2 Samuel 11:4 - 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 11:4 - 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 11:4 - 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 11:4 - 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 11:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Adultery
2 Samuel 11:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 39:7 ; James 1:14 ; James 1:15 ; Job 31:9-11 ; Leviticus 12:2-5 ; Leviticus 15:19-28 ; Leviticus 15:29-33 ; Leviticus 18:19 ; Proverbs 30:20 ; Psalms 50:18 ; Psalms 51:1
2 Samuel 11:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Took her — From her own house into his palace, not by force, but by persuasion. Lay with her — See how all the way to sin is down hill! When men begin, they cannot soon stop themselves.

2 Samuel 11:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 11:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 11:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 11:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 11:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 11:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes