And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
A.M.
1 Kings 20:22,26 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, …
2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought …
Ecclesiastes 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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
1 Chronicles 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time …
Zechariah 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as …
Rabbah
2 Samuel 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took …
Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold …
1 Chronicles 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time …
Ezekiel 21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, …
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
2 Samuel 4:5,7 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and …
Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 24:33,34 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep…
Matthew 26:40,41 And he comes to the disciples, and finds them asleep, and said to …
1 Thessalonians 5:6,7 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober…
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and …
the roof of
Deuteronomy 22:8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for …
Jeremiah 19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, …
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you …
Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the …
he saw
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that …
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; …
Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, …
Job 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think on a maid?
Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.
Matthew 5:28 But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her …
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust …
very beautiful
Genesis 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought …
Proverbs 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you …
Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the …
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
Jeremiah 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his …
Hosea 7:6,7 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie …
James 1:14,15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed…
Bath-sheba. or, Bath-shua.
Eliam. or, Ammiel.
1 Chronicles 3:5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and …
Uriah
2 Samuel 23:39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
1 Chronicles 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
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
Genesis 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast …
Job 31:9-11 If my heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait …
Psalm 50:18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been …
he lay
Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness…
James 1:14,15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed…
she was, etc. or, and when she had purified herself, etc. she returned.
purified
Leviticus 12:2-5 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived …
Leviticus 15:19-28 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, …
Leviticus 18:19 Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, …
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
Send me
Genesis 4:7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, …
Genesis 38:18-23 And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your signet, …
1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before …
Job 20:12-14 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue…
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses …
Isaiah 29:13 Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near me with their …
Matthew 26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what you say.
Matthew 26:72,74 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man…
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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
Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
Isaiah 29:15 Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and …
Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither …
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight…
wash
Genesis 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and …
Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your …
there followed him [heb] there went out after him
Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips …
Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in …
a mess
Genesis 43:34 And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's …
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.
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?
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
2 Samuel 7:2,6 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an …
1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the …
1 Samuel 14:18 And Saul said to Ahiah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of …
my lord
2 Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us …
Matthew 10:24,25 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord…
John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also …
1 Corinthians 9:25-27 And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. …
2 Timothy 2:3,4,12 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ…
Hebrews 12:1,2 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, …
shall I then
Isaiah 22:12-14 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to …
as they livest
2 Samuel 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? …
1 Samuel 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman …
1 Samuel 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said …
1 Samuel 20:3 And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that …
1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, …
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.
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.
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.
1 Kings 21:8-10 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal…
Psalm 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not …
Psalm 52:2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a …
Jeremiah 9:1-4 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears…
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: …
Micah 7:3-5 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
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
2 Samuel 11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there …
1 Samuel 18:17,21,25 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will …
Psalm 51:4,14 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your …
hottest [heb] strong
from him [heb] from after him
and die
2 Samuel 12:9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in …
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
2 Samuel 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast …
2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the …
2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took …
1 Samuel 22:17-19 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and …
1 Kings 2:5,31-34 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and …
1 Kings 21:12-14 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people…
2 Kings 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be …
Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listen to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly …
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to …
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.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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?
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.
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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.
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.
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.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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
2 Samuel 3:2-5 And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, …
2 Samuel 5:13-16 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after …
2 Samuel 12:9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in …
Deuteronomy 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsel's father …
But the thing
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: why he slew him also.
1 Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
displeased [heb] was evil in the eyes of
Psalm 5:6 You shall destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the …
Psalm 51:4,5 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your …
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators …
