2 Samuel 11:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. ”

2 Samuel 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

door . entrance.
2 Samuel 11:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. Slept at the door - That is, in one of the apartments or niches in the court of the...
2 Samuel 11:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house. It is customary for servant...
2 Samuel 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

At the door of the king’s house. — Probably in the guard chamber at the entrance of the palace. (Comp. 1 Kings 14:27-28 .) It is quite unnecessary to suppose that Uriah had any suspicion of what h...
2 Samuel 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. Whether Uriah had any apprehensions about him, concerning his wife's fidelity;...
2 Samuel 11:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord ,.... The bodyguards, which were placed there to watch the palace in the night season; Uriah first fell into a conv...
2 Samuel 11:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. Ver. 9. But Uriah slept at the door, &c. ] This was much; but it is like he s...
2 Samuel 11:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David said, Go down to thy house Not doubting but he would there converse with his wife, and so hide their sin and shame. There followed him a mess of meat from the king In token of David's pecul...
2 Samuel 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Contrivance to Hide His Crime; David's Contrivance Defeated. B. C. 1037. 6 And...
2 Samuel 11:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With all the servants of his lord; with the king's guard. This he did, either upon some suspicion of the matter; see 2 Samuel 11:7 or by the secret direction of God's wise and irresistible prov...
2 Samuel 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Adultery
2 Samuel 11:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:12-14 ; Proverbs 21:30
2 Samuel 11:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The servants — With the king's guard. This he did, by the secret direction of God's wise providence, who would bring David's sin to light.

2 Samuel 11:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 11:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 11:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 11:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 11:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 11:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 11:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 11:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes