2 Samuel 11:2--12:25
got ..... bed <06965 04904> [arose from.]
roof ....... roof <01406 04428> [the roof of.]
saw <07200> [he saw.]
very <02896 03966> [very beautiful.]
sent <07971> [sent.]
Bathsheba <01339> [Bath-sheba. or, Bath-shua. Eliam. or, Ammiel.]
Uriah <0223> [Uriah.]
sent ... messengers <07971 04397> [sent messengers.]
sexual <07901> [he lay.]
purifying <06942> [she was, etc. or, and when she had purified herself, etc., she returned.]
purifying <06942> [purified.]
pregnant <02030> [I am with child.]
sent ........ Send ... Uriah ...... sent Uriah <07971 0223> [Send me.]
Joab ...... doing ....... going <07965 03097> [how Joab did. Heb. of the peace of Joab.]
Go down <03381> [go down.]
relax <07364> [wash.]
gift <0310 04864> [there followed him. Heb. there went out after him.]
gift <04864> [a mess.]
ark <0727> [The ark.]
lord ..... lord's <0113> [my lord.]
I go <0589 0935> [shall I then.]
surely ..... alive <02416> [as thou livest.]
drunk <07937> [made him.]
servants <05650> [with the servants.]
wrote ... letter <03789 05612> [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.
Station Uriah <03051 0223> [Set ye.]
withdraw <02389> [hottest. Heb. strong. from him. Heb. from after him. and die.]
stationed <05414> [he assigned.]
fell <05307> [there fell.]
Abimelech <040> [Abimelech.]
Jerub-Besheth <03380> [Jerubbesheth.]
[Jerubbaal. Thy servant.]
sword <03415 02719> [displease thee. Heb. be evil in thine eyes. for the sword.]
<02090> [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.
battle <04421> [make.]
mourned <05594> [she mourned.]
mourning <060> [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 cadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto;} "She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans from a joyful breast!"
brought .... palace <0622 01004> [fetched her.]
what <01697> [But the thing.]
<03415> [displeased. Heb. was evil in the eyes of.]
Lord <03068> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. An. Ex. Is. 457. the Lord.]
David <01732> [unto David.]
came <0935> [he came.]
two <08147> [There were.]
There is nothing in this parable which requires illustration. Its bent is evident; and it was wisely constructed, by not having too near a resemblance, to make David unwittingly pass sentence on himself. The parable was in David's hand what his own letter was in the hands of the brave Uriah. Nathan at length closed in with him in the application of it. In beginning with a parable he shewed his prudence, and great need there is of prudence in giving reproof; but now he speaks as an ambassador from God. He reminds David of the great things God had designed and done for him, and then charges him with a high contempt of the Divine authority, and threatens an entail of judgments upon his family for this sin. Those who despise the word and law of God, despise God himself, and will assuredly suffer for such contempt.
great <03966> [exceeding.]
little <06996 0259> [one little.]
food <06595> [meat. Heb. morsel. lay in his.]
traveler <01982> [a traveller.]
use ..................... took ... poor <03947 07326> [took the.]
David <01732> [David's.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
die <04194 01121> [shall surely die. or, is worthy to die. Heb. is a son of death.]
pay <07999> [restore.]
Because <06118 0834> [because.]
man <0376> [Thou art.]
chose <04886> [I anointed.]
rescued <05337> [I delivered.]
master's ...... master's wives <0802 0113> [thy master's wives.]
gave .... master's house ..... master's ........ gave .... house <05414 0113 01004> [gave thee.]
more <03254> [I would.]
contempt <0959> [despised.]
doing evil <06213 07451> [to do evil.]
struck <05221> [thou hast.]
sword <02719> [the sword.]
For <06118> [because.]
taking <03947> [hast taken.]
bring <06965> [I will raise.]
take <03947> [I will take.]
That is, in the course of my providence I will permit this to be done. Such phrases in Scripture do not mean that God either does or can do evil himself; but only that he permits such evil to be done as he foresaw would be done, and which, had he pleased, he might have prevented.
secret <05643> [secretly.]
David .............. David <01732> [David.]
sinned <02398> [I have sinned.]
Lord ......... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
die <04191> [thou.]
matter <01697> [by this deed.]
son <01121> [the child.]
struck ... child <05062 03206> [struck the child.]
prayed <01245> [besought.]
fasted <06684> [fasted. Heb. fasted a fast.]
spend .... lying <03885 07901> [lay all night.]
elders <02205> [the elders.]
seventh day <03117 07637> [seventh day. vex. Heb. do hurt to.]
got <06965> [arose.]
put on oil <05480> [anointed.]
house ............ palace <01004> [the house.]
<01697> [What thing.]
fasted <06684> [I fasted.]
go <01980> [I shall go.]
back .......... return <07725> [he shall not.]
birth <03205> [A.M. 2971. B.C. 1033. An. Ex. Is. 458. she bare.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
Jedidiah <03041> [Jedidiah. that is, Beloved of the Lord.]
