The Lord sent Nathan unto David When the ordinary means did not awaken David to repentance, God takes an extraordinary course. Thus the merciful Lord pities and prevents him who had so horribly forsaken God. He said He prudently ushers in his reproof with a parable, after the manner of the eastern nations, that so he might surprise David, and cause him unawares to give sentence against himself.
CHAPTER XII _The Lord sends Nathan the prophet to reprove David; which he_ _does by means of a curious parable_, 1-4. _David is led, unknowingly, to pronounce his on condemnation_, 5, 6. _Nathan...
Nathan came to David as if to ask his judicial decision on the case about to be submitted to him (compare 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 20:35). The circumstances of the story are exquisitely contrived to hei...
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...
THE _ LORD._ Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SENT. See 2 Samuel 11:27. NATHAN. Septuagint and Syriac read "Nathan the prophet". he came. Compare title of Psalms 51. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
2 Samuel 12:1-6. Nathan's Parable 1. _the_Lord _sent Nathan_ A year had passed, and Bath-sheba's child had been born, before Nathan was sent to rouse the king's slumbering conscience. To this crisis...
DISCOURSE: 316 NATHAN’S PARABLE 2 Samuel 12:1. 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 rich...
THERE WERE TWO MEN, &C.— See Judges 9:7. It is not easy to conceive any thing more masterly and exquisite than the present parable. It places Nathan's character in a fine point of view, and at the sam...
3. David's Repentance, 2 Samuel 12:1-31. _Nathan's Parable._ 2 Samuel 12:1-6 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 ric...
_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...
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...
SENT NATHAN. — Nathan was already on intimate terms with David, and recognised by him as a prophet (2 Samuel 7:1)....
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֧ח יְהוָ֛ה אֶת ־נָתָ֖ן אֶל ־דָּוִ֑
CHAPTER XV. _ DAVID AND NATHAN._ 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 12:26. IT is often the method of the writers of Scripture, when the stream of public history has been broken by a private or personal inciden...
THOU ART THE MAN 2 Samuel 12:1 A year followed on his sin, but David gave no sign. He describes his condition during that awful time in Psalms 32:3. Conscience scourged him incessantly, but he did no...
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...
And the LORD sent (a) 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. (a) Because David lay now drowned in sin, the lovin...
Unto him, after the birth of the child. A whole year had nearly elapsed, and David continued blind and impenitent. The spirit of prophecy had left him; and, though he was clear-sighted, and equitable...
(1) В¶ 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. (2) The rich man had exceeding many flocks and he...
CONTENTS This chapter is a continuation of the same subject as the former; and relates the method the Lord was pleased to adopt for the recovery of David after his fall. Nathan the prophet is sent fr...
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...
AND THE LORD SENT NATHAN UNTO DAVID,.... Quickly after the child was born begotten on Bathsheba, and when it was known and became the public talk of people, and the enemies of religion were full of it...
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. Ver. 1. _And the Lord sent Nathan unto David._] He must...
2 Sam. 12. It may be worth the while to observe the analogy there was between David's sin in the matter of Uriah, and the judgments after. He was guilty of shedding of blood, and he was punished with...
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...
Nathan's Reproof and its Success...
And the Lord, almost a year after the first transgression, 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. Nathan chose...
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...
1-14 God will not suffer his people to lie still in sin. By this parable Nathan drew from David a sentence against himself. Great need there is of prudence in giving reproofs. In his application, he...
2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 12 Nathan by a parable reproveth and threateneth David, 2 SAMUEL 12:1. He confesseth his sin, and is pardoned, but the child must die, 2 SAMUEL 12:13,14: David mourneth and prayeth fo...
2 Samuel 12:1 LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8799) Nathan H5416 David H1732 came H935 (H8799) said H559 ...
2 Samuel 12:1 The chief devotional exercise which turns religion into a personal thing, which brings it home to men's business and bosoms, is self-examination. A man's religion cannot well be one of...
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...
_And the Lord sent Nathan unto David._ NATHAN REPROVING DAVID I. David’s sin. David, it appears, to avenge the outrage which bad been perpetrated on his ambassadors by Hanun, the king of the Ammonite...
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)....
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...
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...
1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Samuel
The Lord sent — When the ordinary means did not awaken David to repentance, God takes an extraordinary course. Thus the merciful God pities and prevents him who had so horribly forsaken God. He said —...