2 Samuel 11:9

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.

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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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

door . entrance.
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 on...
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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 doo...
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

It would seem that Uriah's suspicions had been aroused.
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...
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

(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 apprehe...
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...
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...
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 mes...
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 Contrivance to Hide His Crime; David's Contrivance Defeated. B. C. 1037....
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 se...
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

But Uriah, whether his suspicions had been aroused or not, slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, in the guard-ro...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:12-14 ; Proverbs 21:30

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

2 Samuel 11:9