The Meaning of 2 Samuel 11:10 Explained

2 Samuel 11:10

KJV: And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

YLT: And they declare to David, saying, 'Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;' and David saith unto Uriah, 'Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?'

Darby: And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?

ASV: And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 11:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down unto thine house?

What does 2 Samuel 11:10 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 11:1-13 - Giving Rein To Self-Indulgence

This was not an isolated sin. For some time, backsliding had been eating out David's heart. The cankerworm takes its toll before the noble tree crashes to the ground. See Psalms 51:8. Joab and his brave soldiers were in the thick of a great conflict. Rabbah was being besieged and had not fallen. It was a time when kings went out to battle, but David tarried at home. It was a fatal lethargy. If the king had been in his place, this sin would never have besmirched his character.

A look, as in Eve's case, opened the door to the devil. "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity." However great our attainments and however high our standing, we are all liable to attack and failure; but when we abide in Christ, no weapon that hell can forge can hurt us. When we have sinned, our only safety is in instant confession. This David delayed for a year and till forced to it. He was more eager to evade the consequences than to deal with his transgression. Sober David was far worse, here, than drunken Uriah. The singular self-restraint of the soldier threw the sin of the king into terrible and disgraceful prominence. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 11

¹ While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bathsheba
⁶ Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would not go home
¹⁴ He carries to Joab the letter of his death
¹⁸ Joab sends the news thereof to David
²⁶ David takes Bathsheba as his wife

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 11:10 mean?

So when they told David saying not did go down Uriah to his house and said David Uriah did not from a journey you come why did you go down your house

וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ לְדָוִד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־ יָרַ֥ד אוּרִיָּ֖ה אֶל־ בֵּית֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אוּרִיָּ֗ה הֲל֤וֹא ؟ מִדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אַתָּ֣ה בָ֔א מַדּ֖וּעַ יָרַ֥דְתָּ ؟ בֵּיתֶֽךָ

וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ	So when they told
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לְדָוִד֙	David
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לֵאמֹ֔ר	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יָרַ֥ד	did go down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
אוּרִיָּ֖ה	Uriah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אוּרִיָּה Sense: Hittite husband of Bathsheba.
בֵּית֑וֹ	his house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
דָּוִ֜ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אוּרִיָּ֗ה	Uriah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אוּרִיָּה Sense: Hittite husband of Bathsheba.
הֲל֤וֹא	did not
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
؟ מִדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙	from a journey
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common singular Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
בָ֔א	come
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מַדּ֖וּעַ	why
Parse: Interrogative Root: מַדּוּעַ Sense: why?, on what account?, wherefore?.
יָרַ֥דְתָּ	did you go down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
؟ בֵּיתֶֽךָ	your house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.

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