2 Samuel 11:2

Contextual Overview

¹In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. ¹ It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Yo'av, and his servants with him, and all Yisra'el; and they destroyed the children of `Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Yerushalayim. ¹ And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. ¹ It came about in the spring, at the time kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They ravaged all of the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David was remaining in Jerusalem. ¹ In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. ¹ In the spring, when the kings normally went out to war, David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the Israelites. They destroyed the Ammonites and attacked the city of Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. ¹ In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. ¹Then it happened in the spring, at the time when the kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all [the fighting men of] Israel, and they destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. ¹ Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they brought destruction on the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. ¹ And when the yeere was expired in the time when Kinges goe forth to battell, Dauid sent Ioab, and his seruantes with him, and all Israel, who destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah: but Dauid remayned in Ierusalem.

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arose from: 2 Samuel 4:5, 2 Samuel 4:7, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 24:33, Proverbs 24:34, Matthew 26:40, Matthew 26:41, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, 1 Peter 4:7

the roof of: Deuteronomy 22:8, Jeremiah 19:13, Matthew 10:27, Acts 10:9

he saw: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 34:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Matthew 5:28, 1 John 2:16

very beautiful: Genesis 39:6, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:30

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:11 - a fair Genesis 38:2 - saw Exodus 20:17 - wife Joshua 2:6 - to the roof Joshua 7:21 - I saw Judges 14:1 - Timnath Judges 16:27 - the roof 1 Samuel 9:25 - the top 2 Samuel 13:1 - a fair sister 2 Samuel 16:22 - the top Nehemiah 8:16 - the roof Job 20:14 - his meat Psalms 51:1 - after Psalms 101:3 - set Psalms 119:67 - Before Psalms 139:3 - my path Proverbs 7:8 - General Proverbs 23:31 - General Ecclesiastes 11:9 - in the sight Jeremiah 5:8 - every one Ezekiel 23:16 - as soon as she saw them with her eyes Luke 5:19 - housetop Romans 7:7 - Thou shalt Galatians 6:1 - overtaken James 1:14 - when 2 Peter 2:14 - eyes

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.

Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
Now, the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
At first Nimrod's kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.

Genesis 10:10
The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].

Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began with Bavel, Erekh, Akkad and Kalneh, in the land of Shin‘ar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in an eveningtide,.... Some time in the afternoon, when the sun began to decline; not in the dusk of the evening, for then the object he saw could not have been seen so distinctly by him:

that David arose from off his bed; having taken a nap in the heat of the day after dinner; indulging himself more than he used to do to sloth and luxury, which prepared him, and led him on the more eagerly to the lust of uncleanness:

and walked upon the roof of the king's house; to refresh himself after his sleep, it being the cool of the day, and the roof of the house being flat and fit to walk upon, as the houses of Judea were; see

Deuteronomy 22:8;

and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; in a bath in her garden, or in an apartment in her house, the window being open:

and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon; of a fine shape and good complexion, and comely countenance; all which were incentives to lust, at which his eye was attracted to, and his heart was ensnared with her.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An eveningtide - The evening began at three o’clock in the afternoon.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 11:2. In an evening-tide - David arose — He had been reposing on the roof of his house, to enjoy the breeze, as the noonday was too hot for the performance of business. This is still a constant custom on the flat-roofed houses in the East.

He saw a woman washing herself — How could any woman of delicacy expose herself where she could be so fully and openly viewed? Did she not know that she was at least in view of the king's terrace? Was there no design in all this? Et fugit ad salices, et se cupit ante videri. In a Bengal town pools of water are to be seen everywhere, and women may be seen morning and evening bathing in them, and carrying water home. Thus David might have seen Bath-sheba, and no blame attach to her.

Ver. 2 Samuel 11:4 shows us that this washing was at the termination of a particular period.