2º Samuel 11 (Spanish RV 1909) - Bible Truth Library

at the time.The sacred historian seems to intimate that there was one particular time of the year to which military operations were limited; and Josephus informs us that this took place in the beginning of spring.

In another part of his works he says, that as soon as spring was begun, Adad levied and led forth his army against the Hebrews.

Antiochus also prepared to invade Judea at the first appearance of spring; and Vespasian marched to Antipatris at the commencement of the same season. The kings and armies of the East, says Chardin, do not march but when there is grass, and when they can encamp, which is in April.

This rule, however, seems to be disregarded in modern times.David sent.

1 Cr. 20:1• ¹Y aconteció á la vuelta del año, en el tiempo que suelen los reyes salir á la guerra, que Joab sacó las fuerzas del ejército, y destruyó la tierra de los hijos de Ammón, y vino y cercó á Rabba. Mas David estaba en Jerusalem: y Joab batió á Rabba, y destruyóla. (1 Cr. 20:1)

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Zac. 14:3• ³Después saldrá Jehová, y peleará con aquellas gentes, como peleó el día de la batalla. (Zac. 14:3)

Rabbah.

2 S. 12:26• ²⁶Y Joab peleaba contra Rabba de los hijos de Ammón, y tomó la ciudad real. (2 S. 12:26)

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Dt. 3:11• ¹¹Porque sólo Og rey de Basán había quedado de los gigantes que quedaron. He aquí su cama, una cama de hierro, ¿no está en Rabbath de los hijos de Ammón?; la longitud de ella de nueve codos, y su anchura de cuatro codos, al codo de un hombre. (Dt. 3:11)

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Ez. 21:20• ²⁰El camino señalarás por donde venga la espada á Rabba de los hijos de Ammón, y á Judá contra Jerusalem la fuerte. (Ez. 21:20)

• From chapter 11 to chapter 20 we have the history of David as the responsible king. These chapters record the king's terrible fall, the discipline carried out on him, the consequences of his sin, and lastly, his recovery. 2 Sam. 20 ends, as we have previously said (cf. 2 Sam. 8:15-18), with the declaration of the order of his kingdom, but an order less complete than the first as David is no longer being presented as a type of the Messiah. (“David's Fall and Its Consequences: 2 Samuel 11-20” by H.L. Rossier)

• The sin is all the more serious in that it occurs in the life of this man who despite more than one weakness had received the testimony that evil had not been found in him all his days (1 Sam. 25:28). And yet in the midst of his career this servant of God becomes an adulterer, a hypocrite, and a murderer! Oh, if we have any zeal at all for the Lord's glory, any affection for His redeemed, let us weep to see David in contradiction of his entire past trampling upon the Lord's holiness—David who ought to have been the representative of His holiness before the world! (“The Fall: 2 Samuel 11” by H.L. Rossier)

• Why did God allow this fall on part of David? The answer is full of instruction and in one sense is very valuable for us. Just as Abraham is a model of faith, so David in 1 Samuel is a model of grace. (“The Fall: 2 Samuel 11” by H.L. Rossier)

• The Lord had entrusted him with authority and responsibility. He was to use these in incessant activity of faith to serve the Lord and His people. What did David do? He rested. He rested at the season when the kings of the earth go forth to battle; for men of the world often deploy greater activity to successfully accomplish their purposes than Christians do to serve Christ. (“The Fall: 2 Samuel 11” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they laid waste the land of the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem.