2 Samuel 11:15

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

Related Commentaries of 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....
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 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.
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 myth...
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....
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

The only resource left was murder.
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...
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

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...
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

(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, say...
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 t...
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....
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 ma...
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 Causes Uriah to Be Slain; David Informed of Uriah's Death. B. C. 1037....
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...
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 Murder of Uriah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he wrote in the letter, saying, set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, opposite the place where the most bitter attack might be exp...
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...

¹⁵ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:15

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 11:15