SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:23
Y dijo el mensajero a David: Prevalecieron contra nosotros los varones, que salieron a nosotros al campo, bien que nosotros les hicimos retroceder hasta la entrada de la puerta.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. And the messenger said unto David , etc.] The particulars of his account follow: surely the men prevailed against us ; the men of the city of Rabbah, the besieged there, in one onset they made upon them: and came out unto us in the field ; the besiegers that lay encamped there; they sallied out upon them: and we were upon them, even unto the entering of the gate ; rallied upon them, and drove them back, and pursued them to the gate of the city.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-27 - Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they will end? Can a real believer ever tread thi path? Can such a person be indeed a child of God? Though grace be no lost in such an awful case, the assurance and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. The higher a man's confidence is, wh has sunk in wickedness, the greater his presumption and hypocrisy. Le not any one who resembles David in nothing but his transgressions bolster up his confidence with this example. Let him follow David in his humiliation, repentance, and his other eminent graces, before he thinks himself only a backslider, and not a hypocrite. Let no oppose of the truth say, These are the fruits of faith! No; they are the effects of corrupt nature. Let us all watch against the beginnings of self-indulgence, and keep at the utmost distance from all evil. But with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption. He will cast ou no humble, penitent believer; nor will he suffer Satan to pluck his sheep out of his hand. Yet the Lord will recover his people, in such way as will mark his abhorrence of their crimes, to hinder all wh regard his word from abusing the encouragements of his mercy __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 המלאך 4397 אל 413 דוד 1732 כי 3588 גברו 1396 עלינו 5921 האנשׁים 376 ויצאו 3318 אלינו 413 השׂדה 7704 ונהיה 1961 עליהם 5921 עד 5704 פתח 6607 השׁער׃ 8179
