2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 11:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to day, and to morrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem that day and the next.
Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֗ה שֵׁ֥ב בָּזֶ֛ה גַּם־הַיּ֖וֹם וּמָחָ֣ר אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב אוּרִיָּ֧ה בִירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא וּמִֽמָּחֳרָֽת׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

The ruler, after commanding him to remain for an additional day, entertains him lavishly. Through repeated toasts, he encourages him to exceed his limits in drinking, eventually leading him to indulge his desires and unite with his spouse.

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Passages read together with this verse.

Jer 2:22Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.
Jer 2:23How canst thou say: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.
Jer 2:37For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein.