2 Samuel 11:1

David, Bathsheba, and Uriah

1 It happened in the spring of the year, at the ^atime when kings go out to battle, that ^bDavid sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged ^cRabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed ^aand walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he ^bsaw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not¹ Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife ^aof Uriah the ^bHittite?”

4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and ^ahe lay with her, for she was ^bcleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house.

5 And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”

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

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Barnes' Notes

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2 Samuel 11:1

After the year was expired - The next spring after the escape of the Ammonites into their city II Samuel 10:14.

The children of Ammon - The marginal reference supplies the word "the land of," which is obviously the right reading.

David tarried at Jerusalem - The Syrians being subdued, the war with Ammon was not of sufficient moment to require David' s personal presence. The whole section relating to David' s adultery and Uriah' s death, from this verse to II Samuel 12:26, is omitted in the Book of Chronicles.

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