13And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. …
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-13)Uriah, we may suppose, had now been absent from his wife some weeks, making the campaign in the country of the Ammonites, and not intending to return till the end of it. The situation of his wife would bring to light the hidden works of darkness ; and when Uriah, at his return, should find how he had been abused, and by whom, it might well be expected, 1. That he would prosecute his wife, accordin…
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