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2 Samuel 11:1. A year later, at the time when kings go out on campaigns, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all the Israelites; and they smote the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah; David remained in Jerusalem.
“At the time when kings go on campaigns,” that is, at the most favorable time of the year for that; suggest (Fr. de Hummelauer) - in the month of Nissan, which began with the March new moon.
Rabbah of the Ammonites is the capital city of the Ammonites, located in the southern part of eastern Transjordan. One should distinguish Rabbah of the Ammonites from Rabbah of the Moabites, located in the same Transjordan region, but much to the south.
2 Samuel 11:3. And David sent to find out who this woman was? And they said to him, This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
“Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam” and granddaughter of David’s adviser Ahithophel (2 Sam. 23:34), wife of one of the military heroes of David’s time (2 Sam. 23:24,39) - Uriah the Hittite, who came from the Canaanite tribe of the Hittites (Gen. 10:15).
2 Samuel 11:16. Therefore, when Joab was besieging the city, he placed Uriah in a place where he knew that there were brave people there.
“I knew that there were brave people there” who would not retreat in the face of danger and would fight to the last opportunity.
2 Samuel 11:20. and you will see that the king will be angry and will say to you: “Why did you come so close to the city to fight? didn't you know that they would throw it at you from the wall?
“They will throw arrows, stones, logs, flammable substances, etc. at you from the wall.”
2 Samuel 11:21. who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? Was it not a woman who threw a piece of a millstone at him from the wall [and struck him], and he died in Tevets? Why did you come close to the wall?” Then say: And your servant Uriah the Hittite also [was slain and] died.
2 Samuel 11:27. When the time of mourning was over, David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. And this thing that David did was evil in the sight of the Lord.
“And this thing happened” - that is, the fall from grace with Bathsheba and contributing to the death of Uriah.
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