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2 Samuel 11:9

in 2 Samuel 11

But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

KJV

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 11

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Slept at the door - That is, in one of the apartments or niches in the court of the king’s house. But in Bengal servants and others generally sleep on the verandahs or porches in face of their master’s house.

This site's exposition

slept at the door

on 2 Samuel 11:9-10

Uriah does not go down. He sleeps at the door of the king's house with the king's own servants, and the first plan fails without a word of protest from him. David hears of it and asks him directly why he did not go down to his house after coming from the field, and the question shows how far David will press a man to cover his own sin. Uriah's silence about his reasons here makes his answer in the next verse land with its full weight.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ambrose of Milan

Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1 · Written before 397.

proposed

We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Whether he suspected any thing or no, Providence put this resolution into his heart, and kept him to it, for the discovering of David's sin, and that the baffling of his design to conceal it might awaken David's conscience to confess it and repent of it. The reason he gave to David for this strange instance of self-denial and mortification was very noble,
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house--It is customary for servants to sleep in the porch or long gallery; and the guards of the Hebrew king did the same.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בand he lay down

    vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times

  • אוּרִיָּ֗הUriah

    ʾuriyahH223 →39 times

  • פֶּ֚תַח[the] entrance of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֵ֖תwith

    ʾetH854 →929 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants of

    ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֑יוlord<s> his

    ʾadonavH113 →333 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יָרַ֖דhe went down

    yaradH3381 →381 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בֵּיתֽוֹ׃house his

    beitoH1004 →2046 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Proverbs 21:30

    There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:39

      But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

    • Proverbs 19:21

      Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

    • Jeremiah 9:23

      This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

    • Isaiah 14:27

      The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

    • 1 Corinthians 3:19–20

      For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 11 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, Apology for the Prophet David, Chapter 1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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