2 Samuel 11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Observed the city - In the sense of besieging it closely.
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. No JFB commentary...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Observed the city. — The word means watched, or blockaded. In the operations of the siege Joab so arranged some of his forces as to invite a sall...
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

(16) And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. What the thoughts of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city ,.... Where lay its greatest strength, and where it was best defended; or besieged it, as the Targu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men [were]. Ver. 16. He assigned...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where he knew that valiant men were He ordered him, with others, to attack a part of the city which he knew would be valiantly defended; or out of...
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

Placed there to defend it, because that part of the city was supposed either the weakest, or the place designed for the assault. Joab having formerly...
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 it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, literally, "watched, found out the place where the fiercest sallies might be expected," that he as...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:31-34 ; 1 Kings 2:5 ; 1 Kings 21:12-14 ; 1 Samuel 22:17-19 ; 2 Kings 10:6 ; 2 Samuel 11:21 ; 2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 20:9 ; 2 Sa...

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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 11:16