CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:3. “WAS UNTO HIM,” etc. “The custom of keeping pet sheep in the house, as we keep lap-dogs, is still met with among the Arabs.” (_Keil_.) “As a poor man he had the means of buying only one little lamb, which he was now raising, and which he loved the more... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:14. “THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD TO BLASPHEME.” “Transgression of God’s command by the king himself must lead the heathen to heap shame and reproach on Israel and its God; and there must therefore be expiation by punishment.” (_Erdmann_.) “Not only to the hea... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:26. The narrative now returns to chapter 2 Samuel 11:1. “THE ROYAL CITY.” From 2 Samuel 12:29 it appears that Rabbah was not wholly captured until David came, and unless “the whole result is here summarily stated in advance” _(Erdmann)_, this seizure must... [ Continue Reading ]