2 Samuel 11:15 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 11:15

In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 1, Chapter 3 (604)

Thus David, who in the judgment of Him who chose him was well pleasing to Him in almost all his deeds, as soon as the weight of pressure was removed, broke out into a swelling sore, and, having been as a laxly running one in his appetite for the woman, became as a cruelly hard one in the slaughter of the man; and he who had before known pitifully how to spare the bad learnt afterwards, without impediment of hesitation, to pant even for the death of the good.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He arose - So far is David from repenting, that he seeks to cover one sin with another. How are the beginnings of sin to be dreaded! For who knows where it will end?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Uriah cannot thus die alone: the party he commands is in danger of being cut off with him; and it proved so: some of the people, even the servants of David (so they are called, to aggravate David's sin in being so prodigal of their lives), fell with him,

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב	vai.yikh.To	and he wrote	H3789 →
בַּסֵּ֖פֶר	ba.Se.fer	in the letter	H5612 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הָב֣וּ	ha.Vu	set	H3051 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֽוּרִיָּ֗ה	'u.ri.Yah	Uriah	H223 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מוּל֙	mul	[the] front of	H4136 →
פְּנֵ֤י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
הַמִּלְחָמָה֙	ha.mil.cha.Mah	the battle	H4421 →
הַֽחֲזָקָ֔ה	ha.cha.za.Kah	<the> severe	H2389 →
וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם	ve.shav.Tem	and you will turn back	H7725 →
מֵאַחֲרָ֖יו	me.'a.cha.Rav	from after him	H310 →
וְנִכָּ֥ה	ve.ni.Kah	and he will be struck down	H5221 →
וָמֵֽת׃ ס	va.Met	and he will die	H4191 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Psalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:13–14
  Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- Luke 15:21
  The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
- Genesis 20:6
  Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did…
- Genesis 39:9
  No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin…
- Romans 3:4
  Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Through
Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
leads to
- Psalms 35:28
  Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- 2 Samuel 12:9
  Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
Through
1 Samuel 18:21
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:17
  Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I…

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