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2 Samuel 11 — Sermon Preparation
David commits adultery with Bathsheba while her husband Uriah is at war, then arranges Uriah's death at the front to cover it up. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 442 / 149
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 11 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אוּרִיָּה | ʼÛwrîyâh | H223 | 20 | Urijah |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 23 | David |
| יוֹאָב | Yôwʼâb | H3097 | 11 | Joab |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 12 | send |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 9 | servant |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 9 | woman |
| חִתִּי | Chittîy | H2850 | 5 | Chittite |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 11:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ammon— 2 Sam 11:1
- Jerusalem— 2 Sam 11:1
- Rabbah 1— 2 Sam 11:1
- Thebez— 2 Sam 11:21
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