2 Samuel 11:2

washing. bathing. Probably in the court below.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An eveningtide - The evening began at three o’clock in the afternoon.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his (b) bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw...
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, Jo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 wo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David—walked upon the roof of the king's house— See Deuteronomy 22:8 and 1 Samuel 9:25 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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, withou...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David arose from off his bed ] He had been resting during the heat of the day. 6f. The subterfuges to which the sinner is compelled to stoop are...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In an eveningtide. — Late in the afternoon, when David had taken the siesta customary in Oriental countries, he rose from his couch and walked on...
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 end...
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...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in an eveningtide ,.... Some time in the afternoon, when the sun began to decline; not in the dusk of the evening, for then the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 wo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David arose from off his bed Where he had lain down to sleep in the heat of the day, as the manner was in those countries; and where he had probabl...
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 besieg...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Sin with Bath-sheba. B. C. 1037. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From off his bed; where he had lain and slept for some time; being possibly disposed to sleep after dinner, by reason of some excess committed in e...
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...
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...
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 severa...
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 paraph...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Adultery
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass in an evening tide that David arose from off his bed, after the noonday siesta, when the cool of the evening invited people outsi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:16 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:7 ; 2 Samuel 4:5 ; 2 Samuel 4:7 ; Acts 10:9 ; Deuteronomy 22:8 ; Genesis...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Arose from off his bed — Where he had lain, and slept for some time. And the bed of sloth often proves the bed of lust. Washing herself — In a bath...

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 beautiful to look upon.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 11:2