1-5 While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bath-sheba 6-13 Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not go home. 14-17 He carries to Joab the letter of his death 18-25 Joab sends the news thereof to David 26,27 David takes Bath-sheba to wife

A.M. 2969 B.C. 1035 An. Ex. Is. 456
after the year, etc. [heb] at the return of the year 1Ki 20:22,26 2Ch 36:10 Ec 3:8

at the time The sacred historian seems to intimate that there was one par- ticular time of the year to which military operations were limited; and Josephus informs us that this took place in the beginning of spring. In another part of his works he says, that as soon as spring was begun, Adad levied and led forth his army against the Hebrews. Antiochus also prepared to invade Judea at the first appearance of spring; and Vespasioan marched to Antipatris at the commencement of the same season. The kings and armies of the East, says Chardin, do not march but when there is grass, and when they can encamp, which is in April. This rule, however, seems to be disregarded in modern times.

David sent 1Ch 20:1 Zec 14:3

Rabbah 2Sa 12:26 De 3:11 1Ch 20:1 Eze 21:20

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.

arose from 2Sa 4:5,7 Pr 19:15 24:33,34 Mt 26:40,41 1Th 5:6,7 1Pe 4:7

the roof of De 22:8 Jer 19:13 Mt 10:27 Ac 10:9

he saw Ge 3:6 6:2 34:2 Job 31:1 Ps 119:37 Mt 5:28 1Jo 2:16

very beautiful Ge 39:6 Pr 6:25 31:30

3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

sent Jer 5:8 Ho 7:6,7 Jas 1:14,15

Bath-sheba. or, Bath-shua.
Eliam. or, Ammiel. 1Ch 3:5

Uriah 2Sa 23:39 1Ch 11:41

4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

sent messengers Ge 39:7 Job 31:9-11 Ps 50:18

he lay Ps 51:1 Jas 1:14,15

she was, etc. or, and when she had purified herself, etc. she returned.

purified Le 12:2-5 15:19-28 18:19

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

I am with child De 22:22 Pr 6:34

6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

Send me Ge 4:7 38:18-23 1Sa 15:30 Job 20:12-14 Pr 28:13 Isa 29:13 Mt 26:70 26:72,74

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

how Joab did. [heb] of the peace of Joab Ge 29:6 37:14 1Sa 17:22

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

go down Ps 44:21 Isa 29:15 Lu 12:2 Heb 4:13

wash Ge 18:4 19:2

there followed him [heb] there went out after him Ps 12:2 55:21

a mess Ge 43:34

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.

Job 5:12-14 Pr 21:30

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

The ark 2Sa 7:2,6 1Sa 4:4 14:18

my lord 2Sa 20:6 Mt 10:24,25 Joh 13:14 1Co 9:25-27 2Ti 2:3,4,12 Heb 12:1,2

shall I then Isa 22:12-14

as they livest 2Sa 14:19 1Sa 1:26 17:55 20:3 25:26

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

Jer 2:22,23,37

13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

made him Ge 19:32-35 Ex 32:21 Hab 2:15

with the servants 2Sa 11:9

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

wrote a letter It was resolved in David's breast that Uriah must die--that innocent, valiant, and gallant man, who was ready to sacrifice his life for the honour of his prince; and, worse than all, by being himself made the bearer of letters to Joab which prescribed the mode by which he was to be murdered. This was the greatest treachery and villany on the part of David; while Joab appears to enter as fully upon the execution of the murder, being perhaps pleased to have this opportunity of further enthralling his king, and thus increasing his own power. 1Ki 21:8-10 Ps 19:13 52:2 62:9 Jer 9:1-4 17:9 Mic 7:3-5

15 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.

Set ye 2Sa 11:17 1Sa 18:17,21,25 Ps 51:4,14

hottest [heb] strong
from him [heb] from after him
and die 2Sa 12:9

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.

he assigned 2Sa 11:21 3:27 20:9,10 1Sa 22:17-19 1Ki 2:5,31-34 21:12-14 2Ki 10:6 Pr 29:12 Ho 5:11 Ac 5:29

17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

there fell 2Sa 12:9 Ps 51:14

18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

Abimelech Jud 9:53

Jerubbesheth Jud 6:32 7:1

Jerubbaal
Thy servant 2Sa 3:27,34 Ps 39:8 Isa 14:10 Eze 16:51,52

22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

displease thee [heb] be evil in thine eyes
for the sword Jos 7:8,9 1Sa 6:9 Ec 9:1-3,11,12

one [heb] so and such
What abominable hypocrisy was here! He well knew that the death of this noble and gallant man was no chance-medley: he was by his own order thrust on the sword.

make 2Sa 12:26

26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

she mourned 2Sa 3:31 14:2 Ge 27:41

27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

And when, etc. The whole of her conduct indicates that she observed the {form}, without feeling the {power of sorrow}. She lost a {captain}, and got a {king} for her husband: and therefore, {Lacrymas non sponte dadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto;} `She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans from a joyful breast!'

fetched her 2Sa 3:2-5 5:13-16 12:9 De 22:29

But the thing Ge 38:10 1Ch 21:7

displeased [heb] was evil in the eyes of Ps 5:6 51:4,5 Heb 13:4