Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 12:24
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (o) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
(o) That is, the Lord, (1 Chronicles 22:9).
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (o) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
(o) That is, the Lord, (1 Chronicles 22:9).
Verse 2 Samuel 12:24. _DAVID COMFORTED BATH-SHEBA_] His extraordinary attachment to this beautiful woman was the cause of all his misfortunes. _HE CALLED HIS NAME SOLOMON_] This name seems to have be...
SOLOMON - Or “peaceable,” a name given to him at his circumcision. Compare Luke 1:59. The giving of the name Jedidiah, by the Lord through Nathan, signified God’s favor to the child, as in the cases o...
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...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: 2 Samuel 12:24. App-6. he. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she", in contrast with "he" in next verse. SOLOMON. Pacific or Peaceab...
The birth of Solomon 24. _he called his name Solomon_ The name was given at the time of circumcision (Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21). The Hebrew form of the name is _Shĕlômôh_, the Sept. Salômôn, which by the...
AND SHE BARE A SON, AND HE CALLED HIS NAME SOLOMON— As David was now in peace with God, and foresaw, in the spirit of prophesy, that his son would be a pacific prince, he called his name _Solomon,_ or...
_The Birth of Solomon._ 2 Samuel 12:24-25 24 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...
_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...
12:24 Solomon; (b-26) Meaning, 'peaceful.'...
SOLOMON] 'Peaceful.'...
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...
CALLED HIS NAME SOLOMON. — The birth of Solomon could hardly have taken place until after the events mentioned in 2 Samuel 12:26, since it is not likely that the siege of Rabbah would have occupied tw...
וַ יְנַחֵ֣ם דָּוִ֗ד אֵ֚ת בַּת־שֶׁ֣בַע אִשְׁתֹּ֔ו...
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...
_Wife. She had partaken in his affliction and repentance. The Jews say that David told her the divine oracle, which is mentioned [in] 3 Kings i. 13, 17., that her next son should succeed to the throne...
(24) 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. (25) And he sent by the hand of Nathan...
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 DAVID COMFORTED BATHSHEBA HIS WIFE,.... Which is the first time she is so called, Uriah being dead, and David having married her; which though at first displeasing to the Lord, because the circums...
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. Ver. 24. _And David comforted Bathsheba his...
_And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife_ Who, no doubt, was deeply afflicted for the loss of her child, and dejected for her sin. It is observable, however, that there is not one word said to her in...
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...
And David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, with the same comfort which he himself had received, AND WENT IN UNTO HER AND LAY WITH HER; AND SHE BARE A SON, AND HE CALLED HIS NAME SOLOMON, undoubtedly wit...
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...
DAVID COMFORTED BATHSHEBA; who was now much dejected, both for her former sin, which she truly repented of, as may be gathered from PROVERBS 31:1, &c., and for the loss of that child which was very de...
2 Samuel 12:24 David H1732 comforted H5162 (H8762) Bathsheba H1339 wife H802 in H935 (H8799) lay H7901 ...
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 12:24 1 Chronicles 3:5 suggests that SOLOMON was the fourth son of David by Bathsheba. The line promised to David will continue
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...
1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 28:6;...
His wife — Who was now much dejected, both for her former sin, and for the loss of the child. Loved him — That is, the Lord declared to David, that he loved his son, notwithstanding the just cause Dav...