_AND THE LORD SENT NATHAN UNTO DAVID. AND HE CAME UNTO HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THERE WERE TWO MEN IN ONE CITY; THE ONE RICH, AND THE OTHER POOR._ The Lord sent Nathan unto David. The use of parables is a favourite style of speaking among Oriental people, especially in the conveyance of unwelcome tr... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE RICH MAN HAD EXCEEDING MANY FLOCKS AND HERDS:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID'S ANGER WAS GREATLY KINDLED AGAINST THE MAN; AND HE SAID TO NATHAN, AS THE LORD LIVETH, THE MAN THAT HATH DONE THIS THING SHALL SURELY DIE:_ The man that hath done this thing shall surely die. This award was more severe than the case deserved, or than was warranted by the divine statute... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL RESTORE THE LAMB FOURFOLD, BECAUSE HE DID THIS THING, AND BECAUSE HE HAD NO PITY._ _ AND HE SHALL RESTORE THE LAMB FOURFOLD, BECAUSE HE DID THIS THING, AND BECAUSE HE HAD NO PITY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NATHAN SAID TO DAVID, THOU ART THE MAN. THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I ANOINTED THEE KING OVER ISRAEL, AND I DELIVERED THEE OUT OF THE HAND OF SAUL;_ Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. These awful words pierced his heart, aroused his conscience, and brought him to his knees. The sin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I GAVE THEE THY MASTER'S HOUSE, AND THY MASTER'S WIVES INTO THY BOSOM, AND GAVE THEE THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND OF JUDAH; AND IF THAT HAD BEEN TOO LITTLE, I WOULD MOREOVER HAVE GIVEN UNTO THEE SUCH AND SUCH THINGS._ I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives. The phraseology means not... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS SAITH THE LORD, BEHOLD, I WILL RAISE UP EVIL AGAINST THEE OUT OF THINE OWN HOUSE, AND I WILL TAKE THY WIVES BEFORE THINE EYES, AND GIVE THEM UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR, AND HE SHALL LIE WITH THY WIVES IN THE SIGHT OF THIS SUN._ I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house ... The prophet... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU DIDST IT SECRETLY: BUT I WILL DO THIS THING BEFORE ALL ISRAEL, AND BEFORE THE SUN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NATHAN DEPARTED UNTO HIS HOUSE. AND THE LORD STRUCK THE CHILD THAT URIAH'S WIFE BARE UNTO DAVID, AND IT WAS VERY SICK._ The Lord struck the child ... and it was very sick. The first visible chastisement inflicted on David appeared on the person of that child which was the evidence and monument... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID THEREFORE BESOUGHT GOD FOR THE CHILD; AND DAVID FASTED, AND WENT IN, AND LAY ALL NIGHT UPON THE EARTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID COMFORTED BATHSHEBA HIS WIFE, AND WENT IN UNTO HER, AND LAY WITH HER: AND SHE BARE A SON, AND HE CALLED HIS NAME SOLOMON: AND THE LORD LOVED HIM._ Bath-sheba ... bare a son, and he called his name Solomon - i:e. peaceable, "a man of rest" (see the notes at 1 Chronicles 22:9). But Nathan... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN THE PROPHET; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JEDIDIAH BECAUSE OF THE LORD_ _ AND HE SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN THE PROPHET; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JEDIDIAH, BECAUSE OF THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB FOUGHT AGAINST RABBAH OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND TOOK THE ROYAL CITY._ Joab fought against Rabbah. The time during which this siege lasted, since the intercourse with Bath-sheba-and the birth of at least one child, if not two, occurred during the progress of it-probably extended over t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SENT MESSENGERS TO DAVID, AND SAID, I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST RABBAH, AND HAVE TAKEN THE CITY OF WATERS._ The city of waters. Rabbah, like Aroer, was divided into two parts-one, the lower town, insulated by the winding course of the Jabbok, which flowed almost round it, and the upper and stro... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE GATHER THE REST OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND ENCAMP AGAINST THE CITY, AND TAKE IT: LEST I TAKE THE CITY, AND IT BE CALLED AFTER MY NAME._ Encamp against the city, and take it. It has always been characteristic of Oriental despots to monopolize military honours; and, since the ancient... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID GATHERED ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND WENT TO RABBAH, AND FOUGHT AGAINST IT, AND TOOK IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK THEIR KING'S CROWN FROM OFF HIS HEAD, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS A TALENT OF GOLD WITH THE PRECIOUS STONES: AND IT WAS SET ON DAVID'S HEAD. AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE SPOIL OF THE CITY IN GREAT ABUNDANCE._ He took their king's crown from off his head. While the treasures of the city were giv... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THEREIN, AND PUT THEM UNDER SAWS, AND UNDER HARROWS OF IRON, AND UNDER AXES OF IRON, AND MADE THEM PASS THROUGH THE BRICK-KILN: AND THUS DID HE UNTO ALL THE CITIES OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. SO DAVID AND ALL THE PEOPLE RETURNED UNTO JERUSALEM._ He brought f... [ Continue Reading ]