2 Samuel 11:10

Translations

Modern

And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

Traditional

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?

Literal

And they declared to David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house.” And David said to Uriah, “Is it not that you have come from a journey? Why did not you go down to your house?”

Latin

Nuntiatumque est David a dicentibus: Non ivit Urias in domum suam. Et ait David ad Uriam: Numquid non de via venisti? quare non descendisti in domum tuam?

Original

Hebrew

English

And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”

Notes

2 Samuel 11:1–27

David’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).

Theme notes and profiles

Bathsheba David Hittites Joab David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders Human Sexuality The Ark of the Covenant The Dangers of Sin