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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 11:3 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Sa 11:3	Strong Concordance	And David [01732] sent [07971] and enquired [01875] after the woman [0802]. And one said [0559], Is not this Bathsheba [01339], the daughter [01323] of Eliam [0463], the wife [0802] of Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850]?
	King James	And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
one said--literally, "he said to himself," Is not this Bath-sheba? &c.--She seems to have been a celebrated beauty, whose renown had already reached the ears of David, as happens in the East, from reports carried by the women from harem to harem. Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam--or Ammiel (Ch1 3:5), one of David's worthies (Sa2 23:34), and son of Ahithophel.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

one said--literally, "he said to himself,"

Is not this Bath-sheba? &c.--She seems to have been a celebrated beauty, whose renown had already reached the ears of David, as happens in the East, from reports carried by the women from harem to harem.

Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam--or Ammiel (Ch1 3:5), one of David's worthies (Sa2 23:34), and son of Ahithophel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Eliam - Or Ammiel, Ch1 3:5, the component words being placed in an inverse order. Bath-sheba was the granddaughter of Ahithophel Sa2 23:34.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Eliam - Or Ammiel, Ch1 3:5, the component words being placed in an inverse order. Bath-sheba was the granddaughter of Ahithophel Sa2 23:34.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
He inquired - Instead of suppressing that desire which the sight of his eyes had kindled, he seeks rather to feed it; and first enquires who she was; that if she were unmarried, he might make her either his wife or his concubine.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

He inquired - Instead of suppressing that desire which the sight of his eyes had kindled, he seeks rather to feed it; and first enquires who she was; that if she were unmarried, he might make her either his wife or his concubine.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The daughter of Eliam - Called, Ch1 3:5, Ammiel; a word of the same meaning, The people of my God, The God of my people. This name expressed the covenant - I will be your God; We will be thy people.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The daughter of Eliam - Called, Ch1 3:5, Ammiel; a word of the same meaning, The people of my God, The God of my people. This name expressed the covenant - I will be your God; We will be thy people.

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