2 Samuel 11:3 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 11:3

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

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ASV

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

KJV

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Eliam - Or Ammiel, 1Ch 3:5, the component words being placed in an inverse order. Bath-sheba was the granddaughter of Ahithophel 2Sa 23:34.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He inquired - Instead of suppressing that desire which the sight of his eyes had kindled, he seeks rather to feed it; and first inquires who she was; that if she were unmarried, he might make her either his wife or his concubine.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּדְרֹ֖שׁ	vai.yid.Rosh	and he enquired	H1875 →
לָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה	la.'i.Shah	of the woman	H802 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הֲלוֹא־	ha.lo'-	¿ not	H3808 →
זֹאת֙	zoT	[is] this	H2063 →
בַּת־	bat-	Bath-	H1339 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	-sheba	H1339 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אֱלִיעָ֔ם	'e.li.'Am	Eliam	H463 →
אֵ֖שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
אוּרִיָּ֥ה	'u.ri.Yah	Uriah	H223 →
הַחִתִּֽי׃	ha.chi.Ti	the Hittite	H2850 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
leads to
- 2 Samuel 11:6–27
  At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 23:39
  and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
Through
Jeremiah 5:8
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
leads to
- Jeremiah 13:27
  Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
- Deuteronomy 5:18
  You shall not commit adultery.
Through
1 Chronicles 3:5
and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:24–25
  Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
Through
2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
leads to
- Matthew 1:6
  and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- 1 Kings 15:5
  For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
- 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…

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