Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 12:9

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD , to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife , and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon .

i. e. Those Laws of God which forbad thee to do this thing, by not giving them that respect and observance which they deserved.

That Valiant, and Generous, and Noble Person.

This he mentions amongst his other Sins; partly, because he had rewarded her, who by God's Law should have been severely punished: partly, because he compassed this Marriage by wicked Practices, even by Uriah's Murder, and for sinful ends, even for the gratification of his inordinate and sensual Lusts, and for the concealment of that Sin which he was obliged to con[illegible: 1+ letters]ess and lament.

Those cursed Enemies of God, and of his People, whom thou hast encouraged and hardned in their Idolatry, by giving up him, and others of God's People into their hands. And note here, That although David did not kill Uriah himself, nor command any to do it; but onely that he should be put upon dangerous Service, (which a General of an Army oft doth to Soldiers under him, on justifiable accounts, without being therefore Legally chargeable with Murder, though the person so employed dye in the Service:) yet in God's account, who judged of David's Design therein, it is justly so reputed. And therefore, though the Ammonites slew Uriah, yet David is said to have killed him with their Sword.