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Jesus “perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king” (v.
15). John supplemented the information in Matthew and Mark by indicating that the reason Jesus
dismissed the disciples and withdrew from the crowd into a mountain alone was because of His
supernatural knowledge of their intention to make Him king in light of His healing and feeding of
them.The crowd,incited by mob enthusiasm,was ready to proceed with crassly political intentions
that would have jeopardized God’s will.
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were doing, and how the war prospered. And
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house
May 20 and wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from
the king’s house, and a gift of food from the
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king followed him. But Uriah slept at the door
of the king’s house with all the servants of his
2 Samuel 11:1–12:31
lord, and did not go down to his house. So
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It happened in the spring of the year, at when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not
11the time when kings go out to battle, that go down to his house,” David said to Uriah,
David sent Joab and his servants with him, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did
and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of you not go down to your house?”
Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David 11 And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Is-
remained at Jerusalem. rael and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my
Then it happened one evening that David lord Joab and the servants of my lord are
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arose from his bed and walked on the roof of encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to
the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my
woman bathing, and the woman was very beau- wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will
tiful to behold. So David sent and inquired not do this thing.”
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about the woman. And someone said, “Is this 12 Then David said to Uriah, “Wait here today
not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So
of Uriah the Hittite?” Then David sent mes- Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the
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sengers, and took her; and she came to him, next. Now when David called him, he ate and
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and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from drank before him; and he made him drunk.
her impurity; and she returned to her house. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed
And the woman conceived; so she sent and with the servants of his lord, but he did not go
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told David, and said, “I am with child.” down to his house.
Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me 14 In the morning it happened that David
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Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to Da- wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand
vid. When Uriah had come to him, David of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying,
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asked how Joab was doing, and how the people “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle,
and retreat from him, that he may be struck
down and die.” So it was, while Joab besieged
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the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place
where he knew there were valiant men. Then
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11:3 Bathsheba. Not until 12:24 is her name the men of the city came out and fought with
used again. Rather, to intensify the sin of adul- Joab. And some of the people of the servants of
tery, it is emphasized that she was the wife of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Uriah (vv. 3,26; 12:10,15). Even the New
Testament says “her of Uriah”(Matt.1:6).Eliam.
The father of Bathsheba was one of David’s
mighty men (23:34). Since Eliam was the son
of Ahithophel, Bathsheba was Ahithophel’s 11:15 he may…die. Failing twice to cover up
granddaughter (15:12; 16:15). This could his sin with Bathsheba,the frustrated and pan-
explain why Ahithophel, one of David’s coun- icked David plotted the murder of Uriah by
selors (15:12), later gave his allegiance to taking advantage of Uriah’s unswerving loyal-
Absalom in his revolt against David. Uriah. ty to him as king,even having Uriah deliver his
Also one of David’s mighty men (23:39). own death warrant. Thus David engaged in
Although a Hittite (see Gen. 15:20; Ex. another crime deserving of capital punish-
3:8,17,23), Uriah bore a Hebrew name mean- ment (Lev. 24:17). This is graphic proof of the
ing “the LORD is my light,” indicating he was a extremes people go to in pursuit of sin and in
worshiper of the one true God. the absence of restraining grace.
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