Verse 2 Samuel 12:20. _DAVID AROSE FROM THE EARTH, AND WASHED_] Bathing, anointing the body, and changing the apparel, are the first outward signs among the Hindoos of coming out of a state of _mourni...
2. THE MESSAGE OF GOD AND DAVID'S CONFESSION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHASTISEMENT CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Lord's message through Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1)_ 2. David's anger (2 Samuel 12:5) 3. Thou art t...
2 SAMUEL 12. DAVID'S REPENTANCE. CAPTURE OF RABBAH (J). The section concerning Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1_ a_) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasi...
_washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel_ He laid aside all the outward signs of mourning. Cp. Matthew 6:17. _anointed himself_ Anointing the head and body with oil was and still is the...
The Death of the Child 15. _strake_ An archaism for _struck._Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 20:10....
_God's Judgment._ 2 Samuel 12:7-23 7 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; 8...
_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....
DAVID'S REPENTANCE AND PARDON. THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 12 NATHAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID V1 The *Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David and he said, ‘Two men lived in a city. One ma...
וַ יָּקָם֩ דָּוִ֨ד מֵ הָ אָ֜רֶץ וַ
CHAPTER XVI. _ PENITENCE AND CHASTISEMENT._ 2 Samuel 12:13. WHEN Nathan ended his message, plainly and strongly though he had spoken, David indicated no irritation, made no complaint against the pro...
ACCEPTING THE LORD'S JUDGMENT 2 Samuel 12:15 When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1. He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 12:22; that he w...
A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...
Then David (l) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he requir...
(19) But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. (20) Then David aros...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...
THEN DAVID AROSE FROM THE EARTH,.... From the floor on which he lay: AND WASHED, AND ANOINTED [HIMSELF], AND CHANGED HIS APPAREL; neither of which he had done during his time of fasting: AND CAME IN...
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required,...
_David arose from the earth and changed his apparel_ Put off the habit of a mourner, and prepared himself to appear before God. _And came into the house of the Lord_ That is, to the tabernacle, to con...
1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, causeth Dauid to be his owne Iudge. 7 Dauid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne and is pardoned. 15 Dauid mourneth and prayeth for the childe, while it liue...
Then David arose from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, the tent where the Ark of the Covenant had been placed, AND WORSHIPED, h...
The Death of David's Child...
David did not immediately confess his sin to God, andPsalms 32:3 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had been...
15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of...
INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i. e. to the tabernacle, to confess his sin before the Lord, and to own his justice in this stroke and the other threatenings, and to deprecate his great and just displeasu...
2 Samuel 12:20 David H1732 arose H6965 (H8799) ground H776 washed H7364 (H8799) anointed H5480 (H8686) changed...
CONTENTS: David's rebuke and repentance. Birth of Solomon. Ammonite victory. CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan, Bathsheba, Joab. CONCLUSION: If the believer, brought face to face with his sins sincerel...
2 Samuel 12:1. _The Lord sent Nathan to David._ The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves not...
_The child also that is born unto thee shall surely die._ GREAT TROUBLES FOLLOWING GREAT TRANSGRESSIONS David became a backslider. Men sometimes speak, not of David’s great sins, but of his great sin...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:1 Through the prophet NATHAN, God calls David to account for his sins of adultery and murder (ch. 2 Samuel 11:1)....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:15 When the child falls ill, David hopes that the Lord might change his mind and let him live, so he petitions him with fasting. When the child died, David WASHED AND ANOI...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:20 The HOUSE is presumably the tent where the ark of the covenant was housed (2 Samuel 6:17)....
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 a...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 12:1 JEHOVAH SENT NATHAN UNTO DAVID. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not to suppose that...
David thought that things were just going great until the prophet Nathan came to him. Nathan said to David, There is a man in your kingdom who is very wealthy, had many herds, many flocks many servant...
And came — That is, to the tabernacle, to confess his sin before the Lord, to own his justice in this stroke, to deprecate his just displeasure, to acknowledge God's rich mercy, in sparing his own lif...
How could a loving God take the life of David’s child because of the sin of David? PROBLEM: As a result of David’s sin with Bathsheba, the life of the child that Bathsheba bore to David was taken. Ho...