2 Samuel 11:7

2 Samuel 11:7 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

Context of 2 Samuel 11:7

5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:7 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֥א אוּרִיָּ֖ה אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל דָּוִ֗ד לִשְׁל֤וֹם יוֹאָב֙ וְלִשְׁל֣וֹם הָעָ֔ם וְלִשְׁל֖וֹם הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And when Uriahאוּרִיָּה'ûrîyâh 'ûrîyâhû · UriahH223
• was comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto him, Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• demandedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• how Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• didשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: greetingH7965
• and how the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and how the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 11:7

• Genesis 29:6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
• Genesis 37:14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
• 1 Samuel 17:22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7David was forced to stoop to falsehood and dissimulation in the vain hope of hiding his sin.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble whatever.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah show that David was capable of serious moral failure. These actions deeply damaged David’s life and leadership. These failures took place during a period when David was enjoying major military success against the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 11:7

• David
• Ingratitude
• Instability
• Lasciviousness
• Uriah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Joab
• Uriah
• Uriah; Uruah
• Approach
• Samuel, Books of
• Bible, the
• Demand
• Fare
• Gentiles

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings