2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֜ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
messenger	הַמַּלְאָ֗ךְ ha.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
say	תֹאמַ֤ר to.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Joab	יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · proper noun, a man's name
thing	הַדָּבָ֣ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
displease	יָרַע yâraʻ	H3415	properly
sword	הֶחָ֑רֶב he.Cha.rev	H2719	drought · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
devoureth	תֹּאכַ֣ל to.Khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
another	כָזֹ֥ה kha.Zoh	H2090	this or that · preposition + demonstrative particle
battle	מִלְחַמְתְּךָ֧ mil.cham.te.Kha	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
strong	הַחֲזֵ֨ק ha.cha.Zek	H2388	to fasten upon · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
city	הָעִ֛יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
overthrow	וְהָרְסָ֖הּ ve.ha.re.Sah	H2040	to pull down or in pieces · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
encourage	וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ ve.cha.ze.Ke.hu	H2388	to fasten upon · conjunction + verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 7:8-9 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
1 Samuel 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know th…
2 Samuel 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: n…
Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet r…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge, the devil put it into David's heart to take him off, and then neither he nor Bath-sheba would be in any danger (what prosecution could there be when there was no prosecutor?), suggesting further that, when Uriah was out of the way, Bath-sheba might, if he pleased, be his own for ever. Adulteries have often occasioned murders, and one wickedness must be covered and secured with another. The beginnings of sin are therefore to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? It is resolved in David's…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

URIAH SLAIN. (Sa2 11:14-27) David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah . . . Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle--The various arts and stratagems by which the king tried to cajole Uriah, till at last he resorted to the horrid crime of murder--the cold-blooded cruelty of despatching the letter by the hands of the gallant but much-wronged soldier himself, the enlistment of Joab to be a partaker of his sin, the heartless affectation of mourning, and the indecent haste of his marriage with Bath-sheba--have left an indelible stain upon the character of David, and exhibit a painfully humiliating proof of the awful lengths to which the best of men may go when th…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:25

The sword devoureth one as well as another - What abominable hypocrisy was here! He well knew that Uriah's death was no chance-medley; he was by his own order thrust on the edge of the sword.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger,.... Whom he dispatched again to Joab upon the delivery of his message: thus shall thou say to Joab; in the name of David: let not this thing displease thee; be not grieved, and cast down, and intimidated at the repulse he had met with, and the loss of so many brave men, and especially Uriah: for the sword devours one as well as another; officers as well as soldiers the strong as well as the weak, the valiant and courageous as well as the more timorous; the events of war are various and uncertain, and to be submitted to, and not repined at, and laid to heart. David's heart being hardened by sin, made light of the death of his brave soldiers, to which he hi…

Dictionary and topics

Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Joab · . — .
Lasciviousness · .David — .David
Uriah · .David compasses the — .David compasses the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 11:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:25

John Gill on 2 Samuel 11:25

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 11:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 11:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 11:25

John Gill on 2 Samuel 11:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 11:2–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 11:25

Rashi on 2 Samuel 11:25