2 Samuel 11:7
in 2 Samuel 11When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
KJV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd when Uriah was come unto him,.... To David, to whom he came first, before he went to his own house, desirous of knowing what was the special business of the king with him: David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered; he asked of the welfare of Joab the general, and of the common soldiers, and of the warriors, as the Targum, the mighty men that went along with Joab, 2Sa 10:7. David seems to have been at a loss what to say to him.
This site's exposition
Send me Uriah the Hittite
on 2 Samuel 11:6-8
David's plan starts as concealment. He calls Uriah home under cover of a report on the war, asks after Joab and the army and how the fighting goes, and then sends him down to his own house with a gift of food following him. The design is that Uriah lie with his wife so the coming child could pass as his own. Nothing in the summons names the true reason; David asks about the siege of Rabbah to a man he intends to use, not to consult.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus does he pretend a more than ordinary concern for his army when that was the least thing in his thoughts; if he had not had another turn to serve, an express of much less figure than Uriah might have sufficed to bring him a report of the state of the war.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֥א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אוּרִיָּ֖ה | ʾuriyah | Uriah | H223 → | 39 times |
| אֵלָ֑יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל | vaiyishal | and he asked | H7592 → | 171 times |
| דָּוִ֗ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לִשְׁל֤וֹם | lishlom | to [the] welfare of | H7965 → | 236 times |
| יוֹאָב֙ | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| וְלִשְׁל֣וֹם | velishlom | and to [the] welfare of | H7965 → | 236 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְלִשְׁל֖וֹם | velishlom | and to [the] welfare of | H7965 → | 236 times |
| הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | hamilchamah | the battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אוּרִיָּ֖הUriah
ʾuriyahH223 →39 times
אֵלָ֑יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לand he asked
vaiyishalH7592 →171 times
דָּוִ֗דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לִשְׁל֤וֹםto [the] welfare of
lishlomH7965 →236 times
יוֹאָב֙Joab
yoavH3097 →144 times
וְלִשְׁל֣וֹםand to [the] welfare of
velishlomH7965 →236 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְלִשְׁל֖וֹםand to [the] welfare of
velishlomH7965 →236 times
הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃the battle
hamilchamahH4421 →320 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 29:6“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
it leads to
- Genesis 37:14
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 25:5
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
- Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
- 2 Samuel 20:9
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Samuel 17:22
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
- Genesis 37:14
Through
Genesis 37:14Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when…
it leads to
- Genesis 35:27
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Luke 19:42
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- Psalms 125:5
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Genesis 35:27
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.