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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 11:3

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2 Samuel11:3

3 And David sent and enquired after the woman : and one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hitt[illegible: 1+ letters]te ?

Instead of suppressing that Lust 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

Called also Bathshua, 1 Chron. 3. 5. where also Fliam is called Ammiel.

So called, either, 1. By his Original, being born either of that Race, but become a zealous Proselyte; or, at least, among that People. Or, 2. By his Habitation among them. Or, 3. For some notable Exploit of his against that People: See 1 Sam. 26. 6. and the notes on 2 Sam. 8. 18.

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